Visual-studio-code-1-40 May 2026
: The team closed 4,622 issues across all VS Code repositories, a significant increase from the previous housekeeping session in 2018.
Unlike feature-heavy updates, version 1.40 prioritized grooming the GitHub repositories: visual-studio-code-1-40
: New shortcuts Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down allow users to scroll through lists and trees using only the keyboard. : The team closed 4,622 issues across all
For detailed technical changes, you can view the official October 2019 (version 1.40) Release Notes on the Visual Studio Code website. : The team closed 4
: A new indicator for the active item in the Activity Bar was added to improve readability.