: The team closed 4,622 issues across all VS Code repositories, a significant increase from the previous housekeeping session in 2018.
: Notifications were further reduced while in Zen mode to provide a more distraction-free environment. Release Statistics Release Date : November 6, 2019.
: New shortcuts Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down allow users to scroll through lists and trees using only the keyboard. visual-studio-code-1-40
: Two new theme colors ( window.activeBorder and window.inactiveBorder ) were introduced to allow users and theme authors to customize the VS Code window border.
Unlike feature-heavy updates, version 1.40 prioritized grooming the GitHub repositories: : The team closed 4,622 issues across all
: A new indicator for the active item in the Activity Bar was added to improve readability.
: Closed 287 pull requests to streamline the codebase. : New shortcuts Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down allow users
The Visual Studio Code 1.40 release, also known as the update, was primarily a "housekeeping" iteration focused on improving stability and addressing the project's issue backlog. Core Focus: Housekeeping
