: A new indicator for the active item in the Activity Bar was added to improve readability.
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
: 42 community committers contributed to this version. visual-studio-code-1-40
: Notifications were further reduced while in Zen mode to provide a more distraction-free environment. Release Statistics Release Date : November 6, 2019.
: Despite 2,195 new issues being created during the iteration, there was a net reduction of 2,427 open issues. Key UI & UX Enhancements : A new indicator for the active item
While the focus was stability, several workbench and editor improvements were introduced:
: Closed 287 pull requests to streamline the codebase. : Notifications were further reduced while in Zen
: The update included a diff delta of approximately 29,763 lines and 583 impacting commits.