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, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Add copy buttons to all
 blocks\n(function() {\n function addCopyButtons() {\n document.querySelectorAll('pre code').forEach(function(codeBlock) {\n if (codeBlock.parentElement.hasAttribute('data-copy-added')) return;\n codeBlock.parentElement.setAttribute('data-copy-added', 'true');\n \n var btn = document.createElement('button');\n btn.textContent = 'Copy';\n btn.style.cssText = 'position:absolute;top:4px;right:4px;padding:2px 8px;font-size:11px;background:#4ecdc4;border:none;border-radius:4px;color:#1a1a2e;cursor:pointer;opacity:0.7;transition:opacity 0.2s;';\n btn.onmouseover = function() { this.style.opacity = '1'; };\n btn.onmouseout = function() { this.style.opacity = '0.7'; };\n btn.onclick = function() {\n navigator.clipboard.writeText(codeBlock.textContent).then(function() {\n btn.textContent = 'Copied!';\n setTimeout(function() { btn.textContent = 'Copy'; }, 1500);\n });\n };\n codeBlock.parentElement.style.position = 'relative';\n codeBlock.parentElement.appendChild(btn);\n });\n }\n \n addCopyButtons();\n \n // Re-run on dynamic content\n var observer = new MutationObserver(addCopyButtons);\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Add Copy Buttons to Code Blocks");
}
} catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Add Copy Buttons to Code Blocks]', __e); }
})();
(function(){
try {
var __m = "github.com";
var __re = new RegExp('^' + "github\\.com" + '
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VS Code is a lightweight but powerful development environment for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications. It is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac and Windows.

If you landed here looking for other information about VS Code, head over to our website for additional information.

Contributing to the documentation

To contribute with new topics/information or make changes to existing documentation, see contributing for instructions and guidelines.

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If you want to give documentation feedback, please use the feedback control located at the bottom of each documentation page.

Documentation Issues

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In order to edit the VS Code documentation, ensure that you have Git installed.

Clone a copy of the repo:

git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-docs.git

VS Code itself is great for reviewing and editing Markdown with nice preview support.

If you want to use VS Code, simply navigate to the vscode-docs directory and launch VS Code from there:

cd vscode-docs
code .

You can open any of the Markdown files and see a preview with the Open Preview to the Side button in the upper right of the editor.

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, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Force GitHub README to respect dark mode\n(function() {\n var style = document.createElement('style');\n style.textContent = '\n .markdown-body {\n color-scheme: dark light;\n }\n .markdown-body pre { background: #161b22 !important; }\n .markdown-body code { background: rgba(110, 118, 129, 0.4) !important; }\n .markdown-body table th, .markdown-body table td { border-color: #30363d !important; }\n .markdown-body img { background: #0d1117; }\n .markdown-body blockquote { border-left-color: #8b949e; }\n .markdown-body hr { border-color: #30363d; }\n ';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n})();", "GitHub Dark Mode README Fix"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:GitHub Dark Mode README Fix]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "*"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '
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Visual Studio Code

VS Code is a lightweight but powerful development environment for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications. It is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac and Windows.

If you landed here looking for other information about VS Code, head over to our website for additional information.

Contributing to the documentation

To contribute with new topics/information or make changes to existing documentation, see contributing for instructions and guidelines.

Feedback

If you want to give documentation feedback, please use the feedback control located at the bottom of each documentation page.

Documentation Issues

To enter doc bugs, please create a new GitHub issue (try to check if there isn't a topic about your issue already).

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Editing

In order to edit the VS Code documentation, ensure that you have Git installed.

Clone a copy of the repo:

git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-docs.git

VS Code itself is great for reviewing and editing Markdown with nice preview support.

If you want to use VS Code, simply navigate to the vscode-docs directory and launch VS Code from there:

cd vscode-docs
code .

You can open any of the Markdown files and see a preview with the Open Preview to the Side button in the upper right of the editor.

Markdown Preview Button

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, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Highlight search terms from Google/DuckDuckGo/Bing referrer\n(function() {\n var ref = document.referrer;\n var terms = [];\n \n if (ref.includes('google.com') || ref.includes('duckduckgo.com') || ref.includes('bing.com')) {\n var url = new URL(ref);\n var q = url.searchParams.get('q') || url.searchParams.get('p');\n if (q) {\n terms = q.split(/\\s+/).filter(function(t) { return t.length > 2; });\n }\n }\n \n if (terms.length === 0) return;\n \n var style = document.createElement('style');\n style.textContent = '.userscript-highlight { background: #fbbf24; color: #1a1a2e; padding: 1px 3px; border-radius: 2px; }';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n \n function highlight(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 3) { // text node\n var text = node.textContent;\n var found = false;\n terms.forEach(function(term) {\n var regex = new RegExp('(' + term.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\\]\\\\]/g, '\\\\') + ')', 'gi');\n if (regex.test(text)) {\n found = true;\n var frag = document.createDocumentFragment();\n var parts = text.split(regex);\n parts.forEach(function(part, i) {\n if (i % 2 === 0) {\n frag.appendChild(document.createTextNode(part));\n } else {\n var span = document.createElement('span');\n span.className = 'userscript-highlight';\n span.textContent = part;\n frag.appendChild(span);\n }\n });\n node.parentNode.replaceChild(frag, node);\n }\n });\n } else if (node.nodeType === 1 && node.childNodes) { // element\n var skipTags = ['SCRIPT', 'STYLE', 'NOSCRIPT', 'TEXTAREA', 'INPUT', 'SELECT'];\n if (!skipTags.includes(node.tagName)) {\n Array.from(node.childNodes).forEach(highlight);\n }\n }\n }\n \n highlight(document.body);\n \n // Re-highlight on dynamic content\n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n mutations.forEach(function(m) {\n m.addedNodes.forEach(function(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 1 || node.nodeType === 3) highlight(node);\n });\n });\n });\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Highlight Search Terms"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Highlight Search Terms]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "*"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '
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Visual Studio Code

VS Code is a lightweight but powerful development environment for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications. It is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac and Windows.

If you landed here looking for other information about VS Code, head over to our website for additional information.

Contributing to the documentation

To contribute with new topics/information or make changes to existing documentation, see contributing for instructions and guidelines.

Feedback

If you want to give documentation feedback, please use the feedback control located at the bottom of each documentation page.

Documentation Issues

To enter doc bugs, please create a new GitHub issue (try to check if there isn't a topic about your issue already).

If you think the issue is with the VS Code product itself, please enter issues here

Editing

In order to edit the VS Code documentation, ensure that you have Git installed.

Clone a copy of the repo:

git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-docs.git

VS Code itself is great for reviewing and editing Markdown with nice preview support.

If you want to use VS Code, simply navigate to the vscode-docs directory and launch VS Code from there:

cd vscode-docs
code .

You can open any of the Markdown files and see a preview with the Open Preview to the Side button in the upper right of the editor.

Markdown Preview Button

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, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Strip utm_, fbclid, gclid, etc. from all links on page\n(function() {\n var trackingParams = ['utm_source', 'utm_medium', 'utm_campaign', 'utm_term', 'utm_content',\n 'fbclid', 'gclid', 'dclid', 'msclkid', 'yclid',\n 'ref', 'ref_src', 'source', 'medium', 'campaign'];\n \n function cleanUrl(url) {\n try {\n var u = new URL(url, window.location.origin);\n var changed = false;\n trackingParams.forEach(function(p) {\n if (u.searchParams.has(p)) {\n u.searchParams.delete(p);\n changed = true;\n }\n });\n return changed ? u.toString() : url;\n } catch (e) {\n return url;\n }\n }\n \n function cleanLinks() {\n document.querySelectorAll('a[href]').forEach(function(a) {\n var clean = cleanUrl(a.href);\n if (clean !== a.href) a.href = clean;\n });\n }\n \n cleanLinks();\n \n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n mutations.forEach(function(m) {\n m.addedNodes.forEach(function(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 1) {\n if (node.tagName === 'A') cleanLinks();\n node.querySelectorAll('a[href]').forEach(function(a) {\n var clean = cleanUrl(a.href);\n if (clean !== a.href) a.href = clean;\n });\n }\n });\n });\n });\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Remove Tracking Parameters from Links"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Remove Tracking Parameters from Links]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "youtube.com"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + "youtube\\.com" + '
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If you are looking for the VS Code product GitHub repository, you can find it here.

Visual Studio Code

VS Code is a lightweight but powerful development environment for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications. It is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac and Windows.

If you landed here looking for other information about VS Code, head over to our website for additional information.

Contributing to the documentation

To contribute with new topics/information or make changes to existing documentation, see contributing for instructions and guidelines.

Feedback

If you want to give documentation feedback, please use the feedback control located at the bottom of each documentation page.

Documentation Issues

To enter doc bugs, please create a new GitHub issue (try to check if there isn't a topic about your issue already).

If you think the issue is with the VS Code product itself, please enter issues here

Editing

In order to edit the VS Code documentation, ensure that you have Git installed.

Clone a copy of the repo:

git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-docs.git

VS Code itself is great for reviewing and editing Markdown with nice preview support.

If you want to use VS Code, simply navigate to the vscode-docs directory and launch VS Code from there:

cd vscode-docs
code .

You can open any of the Markdown files and see a preview with the Open Preview to the Side button in the upper right of the editor.

Markdown Preview Button

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, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Auto-enable theater mode on YouTube\n(function() {\n function tryTheater() {\n var btn = document.querySelector('button[aria-label=\"Theater mode\"], ytd-player #player button[title=\"Theater mode\"]');\n if (btn && !btn.classList.contains('activated')) {\n btn.click();\n }\n }\n \n // Try immediately\n tryTheater();\n \n // Try after navigation (SPA)\n var lastUrl = location.href;\n setInterval(function() {\n if (location.href !== lastUrl) {\n lastUrl = location.href;\n setTimeout(tryTheater, 500);\n }\n }, 1000);\n \n // Also try on player load\n var observer = new MutationObserver(tryTheater);\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "YouTube Theater Mode Default"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:YouTube Theater Mode Default]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "*"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '
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Visual Studio Code

VS Code is a lightweight but powerful development environment for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications. It is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac and Windows.

If you landed here looking for other information about VS Code, head over to our website for additional information.

Contributing to the documentation

To contribute with new topics/information or make changes to existing documentation, see contributing for instructions and guidelines.

Feedback

If you want to give documentation feedback, please use the feedback control located at the bottom of each documentation page.

Documentation Issues

To enter doc bugs, please create a new GitHub issue (try to check if there isn't a topic about your issue already).

If you think the issue is with the VS Code product itself, please enter issues here

Editing

In order to edit the VS Code documentation, ensure that you have Git installed.

Clone a copy of the repo:

git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-docs.git

VS Code itself is great for reviewing and editing Markdown with nice preview support.

If you want to use VS Code, simply navigate to the vscode-docs directory and launch VS Code from there:

cd vscode-docs
code .

You can open any of the Markdown files and see a preview with the Open Preview to the Side button in the upper right of the editor.

Markdown Preview Button

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, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Remove or un-stick sticky/fixed headers that block content\n(function() {\n function unstick() {\n document.querySelectorAll('header, nav, [role=\"banner\"], .header, .navbar, .sticky, .fixed-top, [style*=\"position: fixed\"], [style*=\"position:sticky\"]').forEach(function(el) {\n if (el.style.position === 'fixed' || el.style.position === 'sticky' || \n getComputedStyle(el).position === 'fixed' || getComputedStyle(el).position === 'sticky') {\n el.style.position = 'static';\n el.style.top = 'auto';\n el.style.zIndex = 'auto';\n }\n });\n }\n \n unstick();\n \n var observer = new MutationObserver(unstick);\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true, attributes: true, attributeFilter: ['style', 'class'] });\n})();", "Kill Sticky Headers"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Kill Sticky Headers]', __e); } })(); (function(){ try { var __m = "*"; var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '
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You've found the Visual Studio Code documentation GitHub repository which contains the content for the Visual Studio Code documentation.

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If you are looking for the VS Code product GitHub repository, you can find it here.

Visual Studio Code

VS Code is a lightweight but powerful development environment for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications. It is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac and Windows.

If you landed here looking for other information about VS Code, head over to our website for additional information.

Contributing to the documentation

To contribute with new topics/information or make changes to existing documentation, see contributing for instructions and guidelines.

Feedback

If you want to give documentation feedback, please use the feedback control located at the bottom of each documentation page.

Documentation Issues

To enter doc bugs, please create a new GitHub issue (try to check if there isn't a topic about your issue already).

If you think the issue is with the VS Code product itself, please enter issues here

Editing

In order to edit the VS Code documentation, ensure that you have Git installed.

Clone a copy of the repo:

git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-docs.git

VS Code itself is great for reviewing and editing Markdown with nice preview support.

If you want to use VS Code, simply navigate to the vscode-docs directory and launch VS Code from there:

cd vscode-docs
code .

You can open any of the Markdown files and see a preview with the Open Preview to the Side button in the upper right of the editor.

Markdown Preview Button

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, 'i'); if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) { injectUserscript("// Universal Dark Mode - works on any site\n(function() {\n var enabled = true;\n \n function applyDarkMode() {\n if (!enabled) return;\n \n // Create style element if it doesn't exist\n var style = document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style');\n if (!style) {\n style = document.createElement('style');\n style.id = 'universal-dark-mode-style';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n }\n \n // Dark mode CSS - inverts colors but preserves images/video\n style.textContent = '\n /* Invert everything except media */\n html {\n filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;\n background: #1a1a2e !important;\n }\n \n /* Restore images, videos, iframes, canvas */\n img, video, iframe, canvas, svg, picture, [style*=\"background-image\"] {\n filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;\n }\n \n /* Preserve specific elements that should not be inverted */\n .no-dark-mode, .no-dark-mode *,\n [data-theme=\"light\"], [data-theme=\"light\"],\n .ace_editor, .ace_editor *,\n .CodeMirror, .CodeMirror *,\n .monaco-editor, .monaco-editor *,\n .markdown-body pre, .markdown-body pre *,\n .highlight, .highlight *,\n pre code, pre code * {\n filter: none !important;\n }\n \n /* Fix common UI elements */\n .modal, .popup, .dropdown-menu, .tooltip, .popover {\n filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;\n background: #2d2d44 !important;\n border-color: #444 !important;\n }\n \n /* Scrollbars */\n ::-webkit-scrollbar { background: #1a1a2e !important; }\n ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { background: #444 !important; }\n ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover { background: #555 !important; }\n \n /* Selection */\n ::selection { background: #4ecdc4 !important; color: #1a1a2e !important; }\n ::-moz-selection { background: #4ecdc4 !important; color: #1a1a2e !important; }\n ';\n }\n \n function removeDarkMode() {\n var style = document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style');\n if (style) style.remove();\n }\n \n // Toggle with Alt+Shift+D\n document.addEventListener('keydown', function(e) {\n if (e.altKey && e.shiftKey && e.key === 'D') {\n e.preventDefault();\n enabled = !enabled;\n if (enabled) {\n applyDarkMode();\n console.log('[Universal Dark Mode] Enabled');\n } else {\n removeDarkMode();\n console.log('[Universal Dark Mode] Disabled');\n }\n }\n });\n \n // Apply on load\n applyDarkMode();\n \n // Re-apply on dynamic content\n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n if (enabled && !document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style')) {\n applyDarkMode();\n }\n });\n observer.observe(document.head, { childList: true });\n \n console.log('[Universal Dark Mode] Loaded - Press Alt+Shift+D to toggle');\n})();", "Universal Dark Mode"); } } catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Universal Dark Mode]', __e); } })(); })();
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Visual Studio Code

VS Code is a lightweight but powerful development environment for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications. It is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac and Windows.

If you landed here looking for other information about VS Code, head over to our website for additional information.

Contributing to the documentation

To contribute with new topics/information or make changes to existing documentation, see contributing for instructions and guidelines.

Feedback

If you want to give documentation feedback, please use the feedback control located at the bottom of each documentation page.

Documentation Issues

To enter doc bugs, please create a new GitHub issue (try to check if there isn't a topic about your issue already).

If you think the issue is with the VS Code product itself, please enter issues here

Editing

In order to edit the VS Code documentation, ensure that you have Git installed.

Clone a copy of the repo:

git clone https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-docs.git

VS Code itself is great for reviewing and editing Markdown with nice preview support.

If you want to use VS Code, simply navigate to the vscode-docs directory and launch VS Code from there:

cd vscode-docs
code .

You can open any of the Markdown files and see a preview with the Open Preview to the Side button in the upper right of the editor.

Markdown Preview Button

Publishing

Steps for how to publish documentation changes can be found here in the (private) repository of the VS Code website.

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