Download Visual Studio Code 1.79.0

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 1.79.0 and although it is already June, this version is being offered as the May release. Detailed information about this release is available this page to find; this is the announcement:

May 2023 (version 1.79)

Welcome to the May 2023 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you’ll like, some of the key highlights include:

• Read only mode – Mark specific files and folders in your workspace as read-only.
• ‘Paste as’ options – Choose how you’d like item links pasted into the editor.
• Automatic copy of external files – Drag or paste to Markdown adds new files to your workspace.
• Default Git repo branch name – Use “main” as the default or override via a user setting.
• Notebooks rich content search – Search based on Notebook output or filter on cell type.
• Linked editing for JSX tags – Simultaneously change opening and closing JSX tags.
• Preview: GitHub Copilot Chat improvements – Easily manage your chat session history. Inline chat “live preview.”
• VS Code at Microsoft Build 2023 – Catch up on the sessions in the YouTube playlist.

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