Visual Studio Code has switched to weekly updates, so new features and bug fixes are now arriving at a rapid pace. The new version 1.112 update is now available, with a significant upgrade for web development and a few more AI coding features.
Visual Studio Code is already an excellent text editor and IDE for web development, with first-class support for everything from JavaScript to Docker containers. The built-in web browser pane can be helpful for previewing a certain page, but more complex debugging still required you to open a full web browser outside of VS Code… until now.
Only one week after VS Code v1.111, the latest v1.112 update introduces a debugger in Visual Studio Code’s integrated browser. That means you can open a page in VS Code (such as a localhost server hosted inside your project), then set up breakpoints and inspect variables. You’ll still need to open a full browser for final testing, especially if you’re using browser APIs that aren’t present in VS Code, but you won’t have to leave the editor as much. The documentation page has more information about using it.
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Microsoft said in the announcement, “We added a new editor-browser debug type that enables debugging of integrated browser tabs with both Launch and Attach configurations. Most options from existing msedge and chrome debug configurations are supported, which makes migration often as simple as changing the type of an existing configuration in launch.json.”
The integrated browser also now has its own zoom level, so you can change the size of the embedded page (with menu options or keyboard shortcuts) without changing the size of the VS Code interface. The right-click context menu also now has common browser options, like copy and paste, opening links in a new tab, and opening the Inspect panel.
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As you might expect, the rest of the changes in this release are focused on AI coding. When you are about to delegate a task to Copilot CLI (Microsoft’s equivalent to Claude Code), your uncommitted changes are now listed directly in the Chat view, so you don’t have to find the Source Control view first. Paths to files in Copilot CLI can also now be clicked as links, and permissions levels are now supported in Copilot CLI. One more change worth highlighting—agents can now read image and binary files, which can be helpful for analyzing screenshots.
You can download Visual Studio Code from the official website for Windows, macOS, and Linux. If you already have it installed, go to Help > Check for Updates (Linux and Windows) or Code > Check for Updates (macOS) to get the new version.
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