0.24.0-insiders2

Instructions

Set the "C_Cpp.updateChannel" setting to "Insiders" to auto-install the latest Insiders vsix. Or if that doesn't work (such as in the remote scenario), manually download and install the vsix that matches the target OS.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.30.0 or later.

Changes

Minor Changes

• Change C_Cpp.clang_format_path to machine scope. #3774
• Removed syntactic/lexical colorization from enhancedColorization. PR #3821

Bug Fixes

• Fix crash when tag parsing Objective-C code. #3776
• Fix duplicate slashes getting added to c_cpp_properties.json. PR #3778
• Fix incorrect "file already opened in editor" message on Linux/Mac. #3786
• Fix colorization for themes with background colors equal to the editor background color. #3780
• Improve performance of colorization. #3781
• Fix regression crash on hover. #3792

Known Issues

• There are still some crashes.

0.24.0-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

• Syntactic/lexical and semantic colorization Documentation #230 #3460
• Add Rescan Workspace command. microsoft/vscode-cpptools-api#11

Minor Changes

• Configuration UI editor improvements:
  • Add list of detected compiler paths. PR #3708
  • Enable selecting/editing of other configurations and add "Advanced Settings" section. PR #3732
• Enable envFile for cppdbg. PR #3723
• Change the default path value of C_Cpp.intelliSenseCachePath. #3347 #3664

Bug Fixes

• Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition for goto labels. #3111
• Fix IntelliSense behaving incorrectly when files are opened with different casing on Windows. #3229
• Fix user defined literals crashing IntelliSense in clang/gcc mode. #3481
• Fix IntelliSense-based hover document comments being shown for invalid declarations not used by the current translation unit. #3596
• Fix Go to Definition when is void missing in the parameter list of a function definition a .c file. #3609
• Fix configuration validation of compiler path and IntelliSense mode compatibility for clang-cl.exe compiler. #3637
• Fix resolving ${workspaceFolderBasename} and add ${workspaceStorage}. #3642
• Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition performance issue due to extra database iteration. #3655
• Fix SourceRequest causing debugging to stop with NotImplementedException. #3662
• Fix typo in intelliSenseMode description.
  • Karsten Thoms (@kthoms) PR #3682
• Fix invalid warning with typedef enums in .c files. #3685
• Fix incorrect keyword completion occurring for pragma #keyword. #3690
• Fix problem matcher to show fatal errors from GCC #3712
• Fix multi-root folders with the same name sharing the same browse database. PR #3715
• Fix remoteProcessPicker on Windows. #3758
• Fix configuration squiggles not appearing for multiple occurrences of the same error. #3765
• Improvements to CPU and memory usage when editing.
• Fix pause not working when using DebugServer/MIDebuggerServerAddress on Linux and macOS. MIEngine#844
• Fix multiple anonymous unions not showing correctly in Locals while debugging. MIEngine#820

Known Issues

• None so far.

0.23.1

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

Bug Fixes

• Fix launch.json creation when intelliSenseEngine is "Disabled". #3583
• Fix C/C++ commands not working if the language service isn't activated. #3615
• Fix missing extension "Details" page. #3621
• Fix some random crashes related to IntelliSense inactive region processing.

Known Issues

• None yet.

0.23.0

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.

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, PR #3519, #3524, PR #3563, #3526
  • 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
• Add support for .env files for cppvsdbg. #3490

Other Changes

• Enable flag /permissive- as an argument to compilerPath with cl.exe. #1589, #3446
• Configuration squiggles for c_cpp_properties.json now validates if the setting values of compilerPath and intelliSenseMode match on Windows. #2983
• Enable -fms-extensions to be used as an argument to compilerPath on Linux/Mac. #3063
• Change the default value of C_Cpp.intelliSenseEngineFallback setting to Disabled. #3165
• Add squiggle when compilerPath uses spaces and arguments without ". #3357
• Change the Disabled value for C_Cpp.errorSquiggles to stop showing missing header squiggles. #3361
• Add enableConfigurationSquiggles setting to allow squiggles to be disabled for c_cpp_properties.json. #3403
• Switch to using the installExtension command for offline/insider vsix installing (to reduce install failures). #3408
• Add a better example to the description of C_Cpp.clang_format_style and C_Cpp.clang_format_fallback_style. #3419
• Add a new (default) value of EnabledIfIncludesResolve to C_Cpp.errorSquiggles, which only shows error squiggles if include headers are successfully resolved. PR #3421
• Disable debug heap by default with cppvsdbg. #3484
  • Reported by Djoulihen (@Djoulihen)
• Enable configuration squiggles for paths delimited by semicolons. PR #3517
• Don't show release notes if the extension has never been installed before. #3533
• Remove IntelliSense fallback code actions.

Bug Fixes

• Fix browsing for functions with BOOST_FOREACH. #953
• 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 various IntelliSense parsing bugs. #2824, #3110, #3168
• Preserve newlines in documentation comments. #2937
• Fix documentation comments above multi-line templates (and some other issues). #3162
• Fix "Extension causes high cpu load" due to module loading. #3213
• Fix auto-removal of compiler-provided paths in includePath when they end with a directory separator on Windows. #3245
• Fix duplicate compiler build tasks appearing when compilerPath has arguments. PR #3360
• 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
• 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 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 for NullReferenceException occurring when "args" is not specified in launch.json. #3532
• 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 randomly occurring crash (that could occur when opening files while IntelliSense squiggles are pending).
• Fix crash on hover (that could occur when document comments have blank lines).
• Fix code action sometimes not appearing over a squiggled identifier.
• Fix icon of parameters in completion results.

Known Issues

• None yet.

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.