VS Code: Chat Gets a Major Polish Pass
VS Code's development team shipped 13 pull requests focused heavily on chat experience improvements. The standout changes include horizontal scrolling for markdown tables in chat, Copilot user agent support, and a significant code cleanup removing the deprecated edits2 setting. Rob Lourens and Don Jayamanne led the charge with multiple contributions each.
Duration: PT4M5S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from VS Code.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: VS Code
- Published: 2026-03-02T11:15:22Z
- Audio duration: PT4M5S
Transcript excerpt
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Hey there, code crafters! Welcome back to another episode of the VS Code podcast. I'm absolutely buzzing with excitement today because we've got some fantastic updates to dive into from March 2nd, 2026. And let me tell you, the team has been laser-focused on making your chat experience absolutely stellar.
So here's the headline story - we saw 13 merged pull requests, and what's really beautiful about today's activity is how it tells a cohesive story about polish and user experience. Sometimes the best development days aren't about flashy new features, but about making existing features work exactly the way they should.
Let's start with my favorite change of the day, courtesy of Rob Lourens. You know those moments when you're chatting with Copilot and it generates a beautiful markdown table, but then half the columns are squished beyond recognition? Well, that frustration is officially history! Rob implemented horizontal scrolling…
Speaking of Rob, he was on fire today with multiple contributions. He also cleaned house by removing the deprecated edits2 setting - you know, that experimental flag that's been hanging around? Gone! Sometimes the best code is the code you remove, and…
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