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Debuted compact folders in Explorer and optional chaining for JavaScript .

Introduced "No reload on extension install" and tree UI improvements. 2019 download visual studio code

Added multi-line search in Find and TypeScript 3.6 support. Debuted compact folders in Explorer and optional chaining

Significant updates to TypeScript (v3.5 to 3.6) and HTML/CSS semantic selection were implemented. VS Code vs. Visual Studio 2019 2019 download visual studio code

Support for terminal text reflow as the panel width changed was added in version 1.31.

The 2019 release cycle was foundational for VS Code, introducing several "quality of life" features that remain standard today: