Visual Studio Code Select Column Mac

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Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is a lightweight, open-source code editor and available on Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows. One of the key features of Visual Studio Code is its great debugging support for Node.js (JavaScript and TypeScript) and another feature is to run Tasks(Grunt, Gulp, MSBuild…etc.) from the IDE. If you are new to VSCode, I would recommend to see following video which shows how to debug Node.js app, put break-point and use watch window, use environment variable in Visual Studio Code editor:

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Used software/tools for this article:

Windows 10
Node 4.4.0
Visual Studio Code 0.10.11 Beta

Debugging:

Here is the content of the above video:

Go to project directory in command prompt and use following command to open VSCode

Create a new file app.js and use following code

Setup Launch configuration:

Click Debug icon > Configure gear icon on the Debug view top bar > Select debug environment: Node.
It will generate a launch.json

in the Debug view > Select “Launch” in dropdown >F5 or click green arrow to start debug session.

You will get “Hello World” output in debug console.

You can put break-point and evaluate expression in watch window.

For more information related to debugging, see official notes.

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Let’s update code to use environment variable:

Now you will get the following result:

Tasks:

Let’s come on the main point of this post. Before we get started, it is important to understand how Tasks are executed in VSCode. Let’s take Gulp task as an example. Here is the complete Video.

1. Goto project directory and install gulp package. It is recommended to install globally and use package.json file but for simplicity, to understand VSCode, we install it locally. Run following command to install gulp package.

2. Open VSCode, create gulpfile.js and use following code

3. Press F1 to open the Command Palette > type “Configure Task Runner” > Enter to select

This will create a sample “tasks.json” file in the .vscode folder. The initial file has a large number of examples within it. Use following for Gulp hello task

4. As this is the only task in the file, you can execute it by simply pressing Ctrl+Shift+B (Run Build Task). You will get Hello World in the output window.

5. Add one more task in gulpfile.js which uses environment variable:

6. Add one more task in task.json in tasks array

7. F1 > Run Task > Select envtask > Enter.
You will get following result

8. tasks.json allows to set environment variable, it is in options. Here is the complete view of tasks.json:

9. F1 > Run Task > Select envtask > Enter.
You will get following result

Conclusion:

We have seen how VSCode’s built-in debugger helps accelerate edit, compile and debug loop and how to run Gulp tasks and pass environment variable in it. Both are the important features of VSCode. If you are .NET guy or Visual Studio fan, definitely you will like VSCode for front-end development especially on non-Windows platform. Enjoy VSCode !!

Installation

  1. Download Visual Studio Code for macOS.
  2. Open the browser's download list and locate the downloaded archive.
  3. Select the 'magnifying glass' icon to open the archive in Finder.
  4. Drag Visual Studio Code.app to the Applications folder, making it available in the macOS Launchpad.
  5. Add VS Code to your Dock by right-clicking on the icon to bring up the context menu and choosing Options, Keep in Dock.

Launching from the command line

You can also run VS Code from the terminal by typing 'code' after adding it to the path:

  • Launch VS Code.
  • Open the Command Palette (Cmd+Shift+P) and type 'shell command' to find the Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH command.

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  • Restart the terminal for the new $PATH value to take effect. You'll be able to type 'code .' in any folder to start editing files in that folder.

Note: If you still have the old code alias in your .bash_profile (or equivalent) from an early VS Code version, remove it and replace it by executing the Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH command.

Alternative manual instructions

Instead of running the command above, you can manually add VS Code to your path, to do so run the following commands:

Start a new terminal to pick up your .bash_profile changes.

Note: The leading slash is required to prevent $PATH from expanding during the concatenation. Remove the leading slash if you want to run the export command directly in a terminal.

Note: Since zsh became the default shell in macOS Catalina, run the following commands to add VS Code to your path:

Touch Bar support

Out of the box VS Code adds actions to navigate in editor history as well as the full Debug tool bar to control the debugger on your Touch Bar:

Mojave privacy protections

After upgrading to macOS Mojave version, you may see dialogs saying 'Visual Studio Code would like to access your {calendar/contacts/photos}.' This is due to the new privacy protections in Mojave and is not specific to VS Code. The same dialogs may be displayed when running other applications as well. The dialog is shown once for each type of personal data and it is fine to choose Don't Allow since VS Code does not need access to those folders. You can read a more detailed explanation in this blog post.

Updates

VS Code ships monthly releases and supports auto-update when a new release is available. If you're prompted by VS Code, accept the newest update and it will get installed (you won't need to do anything else to get the latest bits).

Note: You can disable auto-update if you prefer to update VS Code on your own schedule.

Preferences menu

You can configure VS Code through settings, color themes, and custom keybindings available through the Code > Preferences menu group.

You may see mention of File > Preferences in documentation, which is the Preferences menu group location on Windows and Linux. On a macOS, the Preferences menu group is under Code, not File.

Next steps

Once you have installed VS Code, these topics will help you learn more about VS Code:

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  • Additional Components - Learn how to install Git, Node.js, TypeScript, and tools like Yeoman.
  • User Interface - A quick orientation around VS Code.
  • User/Workspace Settings - Learn how to configure VS Code to your preferences settings.

Common questions

Why do I see 'Visual Studio Code would like access to your calendar.'

If you are running macOS Mojave version, you may see dialogs saying 'Visual Studio Code would like to access your {calendar/contacts/photos}.' This is due to the new privacy protections in Mojave discussed above. It is fine to choose Don't Allow since VS Code does not need access to those folders.

VS Code fails to update

If VS Code doesn't update once it restarts, it might be set under quarantine by macOS. Follow the steps in this issue for resolution.

Does VS Code run on Mac M1 machines?

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Yes, VS Code supports macOS ARM64 builds that can run on Macs with the Apple M1 chip. You can install the Universal build, which includes both Intel and Apple Silicon builds, or one of the platform specific builds.