Visual Studio Code just received its oddly named November update. This update adds some long awaited features to the popular code editor including the ability to float individual windows, making the Visual Studio Code experience on multiple monitors much more pleasant.
Key features of this release include:
- Floating editor windows – Drag and drop editors onto your desktop.
- Accessible View workflow – Smoother transitions to and from the Accessible View.
- Finer extension update control – Choose which extensions to auto update.
- Source Control incoming and outgoing view – Easily review pending repository changes.
- JavaScript heap snapshots – Visualize heap snapshots including memory object graphs.
- TypeScript Go to Definition from inlay hints – Jump to definition from inlay hint hovers.
- Python type hierarchy display – Quickly review and navigate complex type relationships.
- GitHub Copilot updates – Inline chat improvements, Rust code explanation.
- Preview: expanded Sticky Scroll support – Sticky Scroll in tree views and the terminal.
Full release notes are available here. You can learn more about the Visual Studio Code November update and see the new floating window functionality in action in the video below.