Visual Studio Code v1.43 Changelog

This update is all about making your coding workspace more flexible and less annoying. It matters a lot to people who work on large projects with many files, but it also includes quality-of-life improvements that make the app feel smoother for everyday coders.

What's new

• Search Editors: Instead of just showing search results in a tiny side panel, you can now open them in a full-size tab. You can even see the lines of code around your search results for context, and save that search to look at later.
• Settings Sync (Preview): There's a new preview feature that lets you share your VS Code settings and keyboard shortcuts across multiple computers.
• Column Selection Mode: You can now toggle a mode that lets you select a straight vertical block of text (super useful for editing columns of data or code) instead of dragging across lines normally.
• Call Hierarchy for JS/TS: For JavaScript and TypeScript, you can now right-click a function to see exactly what calls it, and what it calls. It’s a map of how your code talks to itself.
• Convert to Template String: If you're gluing strings together with plus signs ("Hello " + name), VS Code can now automatically convert them into a cleaner template string (` Hello ${name} `).
• Open Workspaces via Links: Web links that start with vscode:// can now open whole folders or projects, not just single files.
• Custom Ruler Colors: You can set up vertical guide lines (rulers) in your code to help with spacing, and you can now give them different colors.

Improvements

• Easier Layout Resizing: The "sashes" (the draggable borders between your code panels and side menus) now have grabbable corners, making it much easier to resize two panels at once.
• Smarter Untitled Files: When you copy and paste code into a brand-new, unsaved file, VS Code will now guess what coding language it is and apply the right colors automatically.
• See Whitespace on Selection: When you highlight text, VS Code will now show you exactly where the spaces and tabs are, making it easier to spot formatting errors.
• Better Progress Notifications: When a long task is running, the pop-up message won't trick you into thinking you canceled it. If you hide the message, the bottom status bar will still show that the task is running.
• Touchpad Scrolling Fix: If you use a laptop touchpad, diagonal scrolling is now blocked by default. Your screen will only scroll up and down or side to side, stopping those annoying accidental diagonal shifts.
• macOS Security: The Mac version of VS Code is now officially "notarized" by Apple, meaning your Mac won't show that annoying warning popup saying the app might be unsafe.
• Linux Screen Reader: VS Code now supports the Orca screen reader on Linux, making it much more accessible for visually impaired coders.

Fixes

• Linux Paste Shortcut: In the last update, the Shift+Insert keyboard shortcut was changed to paste from a special clipboard, which broke people's muscle memory. This update reverts it to paste from your normal clipboard like it used to.
• Cross-File Undo: Previously, if you used a tool to rename a variable across multiple files, you couldn't easily undo it. Now, if you hit undo, VS Code will ask if you want to undo that change across *all* the files it touched.

Breaking changes

No breaking changes in this release.