Software Update: Visual Studio Code 1.16.1

Visual Studio Code is an open source code editor with support for IntelliSense, debugging, git and code snippets. Support for common scripting and programming languages ​​is presentand it can also be done via extensions to be expanded. Microsoft has released version 1.16.1. The corresponding list of customizations looks like this:

Version 1.16 (August 2017)

Welcome to the August 2017 release of Visual Studio Code. There are a number of significant updates in this version that we hope you will like, some of the key highlights include:

• JavaScript/TypeScript refactoring – Easily extract source code into methods and functions.
• HTML tag auto close – Improved editor productivity with automatic close tags.
• Color picker in HTML – You can now use the VS Code color picker in HTML files.
• Integrated Terminal quick open – Create or jump to terminals from VS Code Quick Open.
• Drag and drop from search – Quickly open files from Search and also the Problems panel.
• Multiple SCM providers – You can now have multiple active source control providers.
• New online documentation – New Emmet topic and updates to the Node.js Deployment tutorial.
• VS Code “recipes” repository – Examples using React, Angular and Docker in VS Code.
• Preview: Multi-root workspaces – Smoother UI when adding folders and creating a Workspace (Insiders build).
• Multi-root tips for extension authors – Update your extension to work seamlessly with multi-root workspaces.

If you’d like to read these release notes online, go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com. You can also check out this 1.16 release highlight video from Brian Clark.

The release notes are arranged in the following sections related to VS Code focus areas. Here are some further updates:

• workbench – Improved Extension sandboxing, more theme colors.
• Editor – Undo stack detects file changes, smooth scrolling, Braille support
• Integrated Terminal – Better text selection on Linux and Windows, search history support.
• Languages – TypeScript 2.5, JSDoc type assertions, Markdown Preview refresh command.
• Extension Authoring – API updates and guidelines to support multi-root workspaces.

Version 1.16.1 (August Recovery 2017)

• Release 1.16.1 has not been released via the apt repository
• Terminal can crash VS Code on Windows
• Performance regression due to exe-based extension recommendations
• Problem with syntax highlighting (HTML/PHP)
• vscode-node-debug extension w/security vulnerability included in latest release
• Git stage ranges fail to update file
• Hang then crash by typing \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ in integrated terminal