Visual Studio Code v1.55 Changelog

This update brings a mix of visual polish and better tools for customizing your workflow. It matters most to developers who want a more accessible coding experience, better ways to manage their terminal windows, and a cleaner, more informative user interface.

What's new

• Terminal profiles: You can now set up specific "profiles" for your integrated terminal. This makes it super easy to switch between different command-line shells (like PowerShell, Command Prompt, or Bash) right from a dropdown menu.
• Search only in open files: When searching your whole project, you can now check a box to only look through files you currently have open in tabs, rather than searching every single file in your folder.
• Filtering out problems: In the "Problems" panel (which shows errors in your code), you can now type an exclamation mark (!) before a word to hide errors that contain that word.
• Raspberry Pi support: VS Code added a guide on how to install the editor on Raspberry Pi computers.
• Reporting Marketplace issues: If you find a problem with the extension marketplace, VS Code's built-in issue reporter can now send bug reports directly to the team that manages it.

Improvements

• Screen reader upgrades: VS Code now works better with screen readers (software that reads text aloud). It can now announce when you use multiple cursors at once, and it increased the "Say All" reading limit from 100 lines to 1,000 lines.
• New Mac icons: The app icons got a fresh new look to match the style of macOS Big Sur.
• Helpful editor tabs: Tabs at the top of your editor now show small color changes and badges by default to help you quickly see if a file has errors or is unsaved.
• Keyboard shortcuts editor: The menu where you view and change keyboard shortcuts now lets you resize the columns, making it easier to read.
• Better extension management: If you install or delete extensions using the command-line tool outside of VS Code, the app will now notice the change immediately and update your extensions list.
• Terminal hover delays: You can now control how long you have to hover your mouse over a menu before a tooltip pops up.
• Source control font size: You can now change the text size of the box where you type commit messages in the Source Control panel.
• Resizing panels: The draggable borders between panels (called "sashes") are easier to grab on touch screens, and you can now customize how long it takes for their hover feedback to appear.

Fixes

• Windows security and login: VS Code changed how it encrypts your saved passwords and secrets on Windows. Because of this security fix, you will be logged out of Settings Sync and certain extensions when you update, so you'll just need to sign back in one time.
• List and tree navigation: Clicking and dragging to select multiple items in side panels (like your file tree) is now more predictable and less glitchy.
• Minor bug and security patches: The small follow-up updates (1.55.1 and 1.55.2) fixed general bugs and patched security holes to keep your workspace safe.

Breaking changes

• Old accessibility setting removed: The editor.accessibilityPageSize setting is now outdated and deprecated because the screen reader can naturally read up to 1,000 lines now. It will still work for a little while, but will eventually be dropped completely.