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Edge DevTools for Visual Studio Code 1.4.0 – Improved Screencasting, Device Emulation and live, inline issue reporting

The 1.4.0 release of the Microsoft Tools for Visual Studio Code brings a few highly requested features. We improved the screencasting feature, added device emulation and live issue reporting in your source code. You can check the 3 minute highlight reel here . Improved screencasting In previous versions of the extension, the screencast was a […]

What if… you could use Visual Studio Code as the editor of in-browser Developer Tools?

Starting with the next version of Microsoft Edge, we are running an experiment that allows you to use Visual Studio Code as the editor of the in-browser Developer Tools. Here’s a three minute video explaining why we think this is a good idea. Developer Tools have excellent visual tools that allow you to tweak and […]

CSS Mirror Editing in Edge DevTools for VS Code

Summary: With the release of 1.3.1 of the Edge Tools for VS Code we introduce a better way to get changes you made in the Styles tool back into your source code. We’d love to know what you think of it and what we can do better. There’s a GitHub issue dedicated to feedback. Developer […]

Locking editor panes in Visual Studio Code prevents unwanted multi-tab experiences

When using the Edge DevTools for VS Code extension inside the editor, one thing that I kept doing wrong was opening files accidentally next to the tools. By default, the tools show up as their own pane next to the main editor. This is an editor pane of VS Code, and thus supports many things, […]

Using console.log() on any website? Logpoints let you do that!

If you want to know the value of a certain expression in any JavaScript on the web, you can use logpoints for that. It is like injecting a console.log() anywhere you want. Here’s a quick demo: Here’s how the demo works: Open https://codepo8.github.io/dog-browser/ in the browser Open Developer Tools, go to the Sources tool Locate […]