May 2023

Welcome to the May 2023 release of Visual Studio Code. There are many updates in this version that we hope you'll like, some of the key highlights include:

• Read-only mode - Mark specific files and folders in your workspace as read-only.
• 'Paste as' options - Choose how you'd like item links pasted into the editor.
• Automatic copy of external files - Drag or paste to Markdown adds new files to your workspace.
• Default Git repo branch name - Use "main" as the default or override via a user setting.
• Notebooks rich content search - Search based on Notebook output or filter on cell type.
• Linked editing for JSX tags - Simultaneously change opening and closing JSX tags.
• Preview: GitHub Copilot Chat improvements - Easily manage your chat session history. Inline chat "live preview."
• VS Code at Microsoft Build 2023 - Catch up on the sessions in the YouTube playlist.

If you'd like to read these release notes online, go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.

Insiders: Want to try new features as soon as possible? You can download the nightly Insiders build and try the latest updates as soon as they are available.