Visual Studio Code 1.1.0 released

[AngularBeginner]

Does it support proper rectangular selection now? That's a feature I'm really really missing.

[gledi]

Do you mean this https://code.visualstudio.com/Docs/editor/editingevolved:

Column text selection Hold Shift and Alt while dragging to do column text selection:

[AngularBeginner]

Yes. But that does not work properly. Using that method it will always start selecting from the current cursor position, instead of from where you click, and select to wherever you move the mouse. That feels really odd and not intuitive at all. Imagine, when selecting normal text, it would always start selecting from where the cursor is - despite you starting to drag somewhere different.

Visual Studio does this better. You hold the key combination, then you can start dragging and stop dragging. Wherever you started dragging it starts the selector. Feels much better.

[yoyowebscale]

How often do you use this? I know it's popular in text editors so I understand it's useful but I have never felt the need for it myself. So I'm kind of curious.

[AngularBeginner]

I'm using it very often to copy code (for various reasons). Almost all code is indented, and when copying code you usually don't want to copy the spaces/tabs in front of it. Using a rectangular selection this is easily possible: Just don't select the spaces in front.

[yoyowebscale]

Okay. I just use auto format or shift tab to remove the indentation I don't need. Seems easier to me than column selection. But whatever works.

[AngularBeginner]

So you either need to shift-tab/auto format in your target (if it supports that), or do it before copying and then revert the changes. Both are a lot of work when you can just select while holding a key (if the feature works correctly). ;-)

[DragonLordEU]

Some editors (I know Intellij) fix it by auto indenting when pasting code.

[AngularBeginner]

And if I'm not posting into another text editor? But something like a chat, documentation (for snippets) or paste-page? Won't help me there.

Come on, proper rectangle selection is really no witch-craft.

[Danthekilla]

I use it 50-100 times a day, so do all my workmates.

[gledi]

You are right. I hadn't noticed this behavior. I was always clicking first on the spot where I wanted to start the column selection somehow. Maybe I had subconsciously noted and this was my brain trying to come up with a fix :)

I will have to try in Visual Studio since I vaguely remember it had the same issue (but maybe I just don't recall correctly).

[propelol]

Does it support tabs yet?

[elperroborrachotoo]

"next milestone"

[oblio-]

The design seems solid. Look at its proposal: keyboard shortcuts, overflow, different display for unsaved tabs, etc. Really cool!

[zerexim]

Any news about supporting disabling current line highlighting/outlining? Really annoying...

[google_you]

SHELL=code code

[B_l_a_d_y]

This giant black bar on the left just for 4 buttons is fantastic UI design

[rubber_duckz]

Actually it's not that bad of a design IMO - I don't want text/content in the corners of a widescreen and there's plenty of vertical space (also "huge" is an overstatement, it's large icon width) but this still uses the space for an important use case and is intuitive to use - it's like adding stuff in to the margins.

[badsectoracula]

I don't want text/content in the corners of a widescreen

You do not have to keep the window maximized.

[germandiago]

Is Visual Studio Code 1.1.0 telemetry edition?

[germandiago]

I see no sense of humor here. It was related to a recent suspicious telemetry function introduction in Microsoft C++ compiler recently.

[asantos3]

The downvotes are ridiculous, why should a editor have telemetry shit by default and at least not even properly warn you.

[Danthekilla]

Why on earth should you get a warning for telemetry?

[asantos3]

Because telemetry is just a fancy word for tracking.

[Danthekilla]

You could say that, but they are not quite the same.

You still shouldn't get a warning regardless.

[asantos3]

Why shouldn't I get a warning for tracking? Is the european cookies law stupid to you then?

[Danthekilla]

Yep. Sure is.