April 2020
Welcome to the April 2020 release of Visual Studio Code. There are a number of updates in this version that we hope you will like, some of the key highlights include:
- Accessibility improvements - New Focus commands to move around the workbench, status bar accessibility.
- Switch editor tabs via mouse wheel - Quickly switch open files in the editor using your mouse wheel.
- Faster syntax highlighting - Programming language colorization is up to 3 times faster.
- Custom semantic colors - Change semantic token colors through your user settings.
- GitHub authentication support - Automatic GitHub authentication for GitHub repositories.
- GitHub Issues integration - Inline hovers and suggestions for GitHub issues and users.
- Remote Development - Container configuration recommendations, WSL 2 support.
- JavaScript debugger preview - CPU profiling, improved Auto Attach to Node.js processes.
- New Docker Compose topic - Learn how to use Docker Compose to work with multiple containers.
If you'd like to read these release notes online, go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.
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