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Visual Studio Code 1.56.0

Visual Studio Code: 1.56.0 Release

Release date:

May 4, 2021

Previous version:

1.55.2 (released April 13, 2021)

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Contributors:

61 total committers

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Commits:

1,808

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Release Notes Published

Welcome to the April 2021 release of Visual Studio Code. The VS Code team has been busy this month working on several longer lead time updates so check out the Preview features section to learn what's upcoming. Here are some of the highlights included in this release:

Improved hover feedback - Helps you quickly find clickable editor actions.
Terminal profile improvements - Create a custom default terminal profile.
Debugger inline values - Display variable values inline during debugging sessions.
Notebook KaTeX support - Math support in notebook Markdown cells.
Remote - Containers Volume view - Manage mounted volumes within Docker containers.
winget installation - VS Code is available via the Windows Package Manager.
New introductory videos - Videos for getting started with VS Code as well as working with C++.
Terminal tabs preview - Get a first look at managing open terminals with the new tabs view.

If you'd like to read these release notes online, go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

Join us live at the VS Code team's livestream on Tuesday, May 11 at 8am Pacific (4pm London) to see a demo of what's new in this release, and ask us questions live.

Insiders: Want to try new features as soon as possible? You can download the nightly Insiders build and try the latest updates as soon as they are available.