Download Visual Studio Code 1.68.0
Visual Studio Code is an open source code editor with support for IntelliSense† debugging† git and code snippets† Downloads are available for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Support for common scripting and programming languages is present and it can also be done via extensions to be expanded. Microsoft has released version 1.68.0 and detailed information about that release is on this page to find. This is the announcement:
May 2022 (version 1.68)
Welcome to the May 2022 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you’ll like, some of the key highlights include:
- Configure Display Language – See installed and available Language Packs in their language.
- Problems panel table view – View errors and warnings as a table to quickly filter on their source.
- Deprecated extensions – Learn whether an extension is deprecated or should be replaced.
- Extension sponsorship – Support the developers who build your favorite extensions.
- Hide Explorer files using .gitignore – Reuse your existing .gitignore to hide files in the Explorer.
- Terminal color and contrast enhancements – Find match background color, minus contrast ratio.
- Git branch protection – Branch protection available right inside US Code.
- TypeScript Go to Source Definition – Jump directly to a symbols’s JavaScript implementation.
- VS Code for the Web localization – vscode.dev now matches your chosen browser language.
- Development Container specification – Learn more about the evolving dev container spec.
- Preview: Markdown link validation – Detects broken links to headers, images, and files.
If you’d like to read these release notes online, go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com†
Version number | 1.68.0 |
Release status | Final |
Operating systems | Windows 7, Linux, macOS, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11 |
Website | Microsoft |
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file size |
77.56MB |
License type | GPL |