Microsoft releases Visual Studio Code 1.63 with the ability to preview themes, pre-release extensions and more

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Published on December 10, 2021

published on December 10, 2021

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Yesterday, Microsoft released Visual Studio Code v1.63 (November 2021) update with several new improvements. You can now preview themes without installing, you can try out pre-release extensions, improved TypeScript method completion and more. Find the change log below.

Marketplace theme preview – Try out Color Themes without installing them.
Configure Problems navigation order – Go to next error or warning by severity or file position.
Show commands in screencast mode – Display command names along with keyboard shortcuts.
Notebook improvements – Adjust Markdown font size, better file and URL linking support.
Invisible Unicode highlighting – Highlights invisible or confusable Unicode characters.
TypeScript method completions – Quickly fill in interface and override methods.
Pre-release extensions – Try out extension new features and fixes early.
New Java welcome experience – To help you configure and learn about Java in VS Code.
More extensions for vscode.dev – Check out recent additions for VS Code for the Web.
Work in a container on an SSH server – New Remote – SSH Reopen in Container command.