0.23.0-insiders2

Instructions

Set the "C_Cpp.updateChannel" setting to "Insiders" to auto-install the latest Insiders vsix.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.30.0 or later.

Changes

New Features

• Add support for .env files for cppvsdbg. #3490

Minor Changes

• Switch to using the installExtension command for offline/insider vsix installing (to reduce install failures). #3408
• Enable configuration squiggles for paths delimited by semicolons. PR #3517
• Add Edit Configurations (JSON) to the Select a configuration dropdown. PR #3519
• Update configuration UI to save changes after the UI changes focus. #3524
• Don't show release notes if the extension has never been installed before. #3533
• Add input validation to the configuration UI. PR #3563
• Add process ID and memory usage to C/C++: Log Diagnostics results.
• Remove IntelliSense fallback code actions.

Bug Fixes

• Work around issue with VS Code not treating .C files as C++ files Microsoft/vscode#59369 -- .C files become associated by name in files.associations. #2558
• Fix "Extension causes high cpu load" due to module loading. #3213
• Fix backslashes getting added each time settings are saved. #3526
• Fix regression with some C++17 features with msvc-x64 mode. #3541
• Fix Go to Definition giving no results when IntelliSense doesn't find the symbol. #3549
• Fix configuration squiggles with trailing backslashes. PR #3573
• Fix includePath code actions, configuration prompts, and the C/C++: Change configuration provider... command. PR #3576
• Fix crash on hover (that could occur when document comments have blank lines).
• Fix randomly occurring crash (that could occur when opening files while IntelliSense squiggles are pending).

Known Issues

• None so far.

0.23.0-insiders

Instructions

Set the "C_Cpp.updateChannel" setting to "Insiders" to auto-install the latest Insiders vsix.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.30.0 or later.

Changes

New Features

• Add a configuration UI editor to edit IntelliSense settings defined in the underlying c_cpp_properties.json file. PR #3479, PR #3487
  • Add a new command C/C++: Edit configurations (UI) to open the UI editor.
  • Replace the C/C++: Edit configurations... command with C/C++: Edit configurations (JSON) to open c_cpp_properties.json.
  • The default whether to open the UI editor or JSON file is based on the workbench.settings.editor setting.
• Add command C/C++: Log Diagnostics to log language service diagnostics. PR #3489

Minor Changes

• Configuration squiggles for c_cpp_properties.json now validates if the setting values of compilerPath and intelliSenseMode match on Windows. #2983
• Change the default value of C_Cpp.intelliSenseEngineFallback setting to Disabled. #3165
• Change the Disabled value for C_Cpp.errorSquiggles to stop showing missing header squiggles. #3361
• Add a new (default) value of EnabledIfIncludesResolve to C_Cpp.errorSquiggles, which only shows error squiggles if include headers are successfully resolved. PR #3421
• Enable flag /permissive- as an argument to compilerPath with cl.exe. #3446
• Disable debug heap by default with cppvsdbg. #3484
  • Reported by Djoulihen (@Djoulihen)

Bug Fixes

• Fix browsing for functions with BOOST_FOREACH. #953
• Preserve newlines in documentation comments. #2937
• Fix documentation comments above multi-line templates (and some other issues). #3162
• Fix auto-removal of compiler-provided paths in includePath when they end with a directory separator on Windows. #3245
• Fix .cmd and .bat files not working for compilerPath on Windows. #3428
• Fix compilerPath with arguments that are surrounded by quotes. #3428
• Fix documentation comments interpreting special characters as markdown. #3441
• Fix a JSON parsing error when a path in c_cpp_properties.json ended with \\". #3449
• Fix hover using the configuration of the active document instead of the hovered document. #3452
• Fix c_cpp_properties.json squiggles when the configuration name has regex characters. PR #3478
• Use the editor.tabSize setting instead of 2 when creating build tasks. PR #3486
• Fix some potential crashes on hover. #3509
• Fix icon of parameters in completion results.
• Fix code action sometimes not appearing over a squiggled identifier.

Known Issues

• Extra escape characters are added to paths with back slash when UI editor is updated. #3526
• UI editor doesn't commit changes after until a new field is given focus. #3524
• Some C++17 features don't work with cl.exe. #3541

0.22.2-insiders

Instructions

Set the "C_Cpp.updateChannel" setting to "Insiders" to auto-install the latest Insiders vsix.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.30.0 or later.

Bug Fixes

• Fix various IntelliSense parsing bugs. #2824, #3110, #3168
• Enable -fms-extensions to be used as an argument to compilerPath on Linux/Mac. #3063
• Fix duplicate compiler build tasks appearing when compilerPath has arguments. PR #3360
• Add squiggle when compilerPath uses spaces and arguments without ". #3357
• Fix environment variables not resolving with C_Cpp.intelliSenseCachePath. #3367
• Fix the formatting of snippets text. #3376
• Fix the default AccessModifierOffset used when formatting. #3376
• Fix null reference during initialization when using custom configuration providers. PR #3377
• Fix symbol parsing when __MINGW_ATTRIB_* is used. #3390
• Fix compile_commands.json configuration prompt being disabled per user instead of per folder. PR #3399
• Add enableConfigurationSquiggles setting to allow squiggles to be disabled for c_cpp_properties.json. #3403

Known Regressions

Nothing yet.

0.22.1

Instructions

To use the "offline" .vsix (that doesn't download OS-based dependencies on extension activation), download the .vsix that matches your OS and run the "Install from VSIX" command in VS Code.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.30.0 or later.

Changes (fixes issues found in 0.22.0)

• Fix tasks.json with single-line comments being overwritten when Build and Debug Active File is used. #3327
• Fix an invalid compilerPath property getting added to tasks.json after doing Configure Task with a C/C++ compiler.
• Add IntelliSense caching for macOS 10.13 or later (0.22.0 only supported Windows and Linux).

Known Issues

• C_Cpp.intelliSenseCachePath doesn't resolve tilde or env for home directory. #3367

0.22.0

Instructions

To use the "offline" .vsix (that doesn't download OS-based dependencies on extension activation), download the .vsix that matches your OS and run the "Install from VSIX" command in VS Code.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.30.0 or later.

Major Changes

• Add warning squiggles for invalid properties and paths in c_cpp_properties.json. #2799, PR #3283
• Add C/C++ compiler build tasks for compiling the active source file, with support for F5 debugging and the Build and Debug Active File context menu command. PR #3118, PR #3244
• Add AutoPCH support to reduce IntelliSense parsing time, with C_Cpp.intelliSenseCachePath and C_Cpp.intelliSenseCacheSize settings. It isn't enabled for Mac yet. PR #3184

Minor Changes

• Fix IntelliSense not working on Windows when the username has a space in it and file C:\Users\<firstname> exists. #1377, #2114, #2176, #3052, #3139
• Enable ${command:cpptools.activeConfigName} in tasks. #1524
• Fix bugs with squiggles and IntelliSense updating after edits. #1779, #3124, #3260
• Fix formatting (and other non-IntelliSense operations) being blocked by IntelliSense processing. #1928
• Fix completion when the start of an identifier matches a keyword. #1986
• Fix auto-removal of compiler-provided paths in includePath. #2177
• Fix crash on Windows when 8.3 filenames are used. #2453, #3104
• Add support for Scope::Member scoped symbol searches. #2484
• Fix signature help active parameter selection when parameter names are missing or subsets of each other. #2952
• Fix --enable-pretty-printing with gdb when complex objects are used as keys in maps. #3024
• Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition for noexcept methods. #3060
• Render macro hover expansions as C/C++. #3075
• Enable completion after struct when manually invoked. #3080
• Add C_Cpp.suggestSnippets setting to disable language server snippets. #3083
• Show a prompt for changing C_Cpp.updateChannel to Insiders. #3089
  • lh123 (@lh123) PR #3221
• Fix compilerPath not getting priority over the compile_commands.json compiler. #3102
• Fix Linux compile_commands.json compiler querying with relative paths. #3112
• Allow * in includePath to apply to browse.path when browse.path is not specified. #3121
  • Tucker Kern (@mill1000) PR #3122
• Disable ( and < completion commit characters. #3127
• Add Chinese translations for command titles. PR #3128
• Fix remote process picker bug. #2585, #3150
• Fix command not found and empty c_cpp_properties.json if activation is too slow. #3160, #3176
• Fix cppvsdbg debugger showing "An unspecified error has occurred." for structured binding variables. #3197
• Fix bugs with the Insider reload prompt appearing when it shouldn't. #3206
• Fix variable expansion (e.g. ${env.HOME}) not working when ${default} is used in c_cpp_properties.json. #3309
• Fix other unreported IntelliSense engine bugs.

Known Issues

• Using the Build and Debug Active File command overwrites the previous tasks.json contents if it fails to parse. #3327
• Using the Build and Debug Active File command causes an "undefined task type" warning to get logged. #3322

0.22.0-insiders3

Instructions

Set the "C_Cpp.updateChannel" setting to "Insiders" to auto-install the latest Insiders vsix.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.30.0 or later.

Bug Fixes

• Fix bugs with squiggles and IntelliSense updating after edits. #1779, #3124, #3260
• Fix formatting (and other non-IntelliSense operations) being blocked by IntelliSense processing. #1928
• Show a prompt for changing C_Cpp.updateChannel to Insiders. #3089
  • lh123 (@lh123) PR #3221
• Fix bugs with the Insider reload prompt appearing when it shouldn't. #3206
• Enable F5 and the Build and Debug Active File context menu command. PR #3244
• Fix IntelliSense process crashing with Mac Sierra 10.12 or earlier. #3256
• Fix incorrect c_cpp_properties.json squiggles with cl.exe. #3263
• Add cl.exe build and debug support. PR #3264
• Fix debugging not working for Windows 32-bit programs. #3258
• Add warning squiggles for invalid properties in c_cpp_properties.json. PR #3283
• Fix AutoPCH performance on Windows and Linux.

Known Regressions (or bugs with new features)

Nothing "major" yet.

0.22.0-insiders2

Instructions

To use the "offline" .vsix (that doesn't download OS-based dependencies on extension activation), download the .vsix that matches your OS and run the "Install from VSIX" command in VS Code. Or, set the "C_Cpp.updateChannel" setting to "Insiders" to auto-install the latest Insiders vsix.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.30.0 or later.

Bug Fixes

• Fix IntelliSense not working on Windows when the username has a space in it and file C:\Users\<firstname> exists. #1377, #2114, #2176, #3052, #3139
• Enable ${command:cpptools.activeConfigName} in tasks. #1524
• Fix completion when the start of an identifier matches a keyword. #1986
• Fix auto-removal of compiler-provided paths in includePath. #2177
• Add support for Scope::Member scoped symbol searches. #2484
• Fix remote process picker bug. #2585, #3150
• Add warning squiggles to c_cpp_properties.json for invalid paths. #2799
• Fix bug with manual completion invocation after struct. #3080
• Add C/C++ compiler build tasks for compiling the active source file. PR #3118
• Fix command not found and empty c_cpp_properties.json if activation is too slow. #3160, #3176
• Add AutoPCH support to reduce IntelliSense parsing time, with C_Cpp.intelliSenseCachePath and C_Cpp.intelliSenseCacheSize settings. PR #3184
• Fix cppvsdbg debugger showing "An unspecified error has occurred." for structured binding variables. #3197

Known Regressions

• IntelliSense process crashes with Mac Sierra 10.12 or earlier. #3256
• Debugging doesn't work for Windows 32-bit apps. #3258
• Squiggles can be incorrect after modifying header files. #3260

0.22.0-insiders

Instructions

To use the "offline" .vsix (that doesn't download OS-based dependencies on extension activation), download the .vsix that matches your OS and run the "Install from VSIX" command in VS Code. Or, set the "C_Cpp.updateChannel" setting to "Insiders" to auto-install the latest Insiders vsix.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.30.0 or later.

Bug Fixes

• Fix crash on Windows when 8.3 filenames are used. #2453, #3104
• Fix signature help active parameter selection when parameter names are missing or subsets of each other. #2952
• Fix --enable-pretty-printing with gdb when complex objects are used as keys in maps. #3024
• Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition for noexcept methods. #3060
• Render macro hover expansions as C/C++. #3075
• Enable completion after struct when manually invoked. #3080
• Add C_Cpp.suggestSnippets setting to disable language server snippets. #3083
• Fix compilerPath not getting priority over the compile_commands.json compiler. #3102
• Fix Linux compile_commands.json compiler querying with relative paths. #3112
• Allow * in includePath to apply to browse.path when browse.path is not specified. #3121
  • Tucker Kern (@mill1000) PR #3122
• Disable ( and < completion commit characters. #3127
• Add Chinese translations for command titles. PR #3128
• Fix other unreported IntelliSense engine bugs.

Known Regressions

None yet.

0.21.0

Instructions

To use the "offline" .vsix (that doesn't download OS-based dependencies on extension activation), download the .vsix that matches your OS and run the "Install from VSIX" command in VS Code.

New Features

• Add documentation comments for hover, completion, and signature help. #399
• Add completion committing for methods after (. #1184
• Add macro expansions to hover. #1734
• Add support for __int128_t and __uint128_t types. #1815
• Add Italian translations for command titles.
  • Julien Russo (@Dotpys) PR #2663
• Add icons for operators, structs/unions, enum values, template arguments, and macros. #2849
• Change #include completion to show individual folders instead of the entire paths, fixing previous performance problems. #2836
• Add text (declaration), (typedef), (type alias), and (union) to symbols. #2851
• Add a refresh button to the Attach to Process picker. #2885
  • Matt Bise (@mbise1993) PR #2895
• Add completion committing for templates after <. #2953

Bug Fixes

• Add the Microsoft digital signature to Windows binaries to avoid getting incorrectly flagged by virus scanners. #1103, #2970
• Fix bugs when UTF-8 characters > 1 byte are used. #1504, #1525, #2034, #2082, #2883
• Fix some IntelliSense process crashes. #1785, #2913
• Fix several incorrect IntelliSense error squiggles. #1942, #2422, #2474, #2478, #2597, #2763
• Fix some main process crashes. #2505, #2768
• Fix incorrect IntelliSense error with Mac clang 10.0 libraries. #2608
• Fix completion not working in template specializations. #2620
• Fix incorrect completions after Enter is used after struct, class, etc. #2734
• Fix memory "leak" when parsing a large workspace. #2737
• Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition with overloads that return a template with a default param (e.g. vector) #2736
• Fix Go to Definition when __catch(), _NO_EXCEPT_DEBUG, or _LIBCPP_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_STD is used. #2761, #2766
• Fix Go to Definition when method(void) is used. #2802
• Fix error "TypeError: Cannot read property 'map' of undefined at asCompletionResult". #2807
• Fix quotes around defines not supported for custom configuration providers. #2820
• Fix PowerShell bug on Win7. #2822
• Fix Tag Parser completion details missing keywords (i.e. using, class, #define, etc.). #2850
• Fix problem with empty recursive include paths. #2855
• Fix NullReferenceException on debugger launch with VS Code Insiders. #2858, PR Microsoft/MIEngine#810
• Fix IntelliSense errors with template argument deduction. #2907, #2912
• Retry Insider VSIX downloading with http.proxySupport "off". #2927
• Fix snippet completions being offered when they shouldn't be. #2942
• Set the editor.wordBasedSuggestions to false by default to prevent incorrect completions. #2943
• Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition for functions with function pointer parameters. #2981
• Fix < incorrectly triggering completions. #2985
• Fix recursive includes not adding paths used by forcedInclude files. #2986
• Fix crash when // is used in a recursive includePath. #2987
• Fix compiler in compile_commands.json not taking precedence over the Cpp.default.compilerPath. #2793
• Fix #include completion not working for symlinks. #2843
• Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition for const methods. #3014
• Support C_Cpp.updateChannel for VS Code Exploration builds.

Known Issues

• Documentation comments in completion causes the "File: " info to disappear. #2938
• Hover macro expansion isn't formatted as c/cpp code. #3075

0.21.0-insiders4

• Change #include completion to show individual folders instead of the entire paths, fixing previous performance problems. #2836
• Fix #include completion not working for symlinks. #2843
• Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition for const methods. #3014