VS Code: Sessions App Gets a Major UI Makeover
A massive UI redesign lands for the sessions app with hover animations and compact layouts, while remote development gets smoother with new file picker improvements and agent host enhancements. The team also cleaned up the Quick Access system and improved the chat customization developer experience.
Duration: PT3M47S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from VS Code.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: VS Code
- Published: 2026-03-25T10:35:25Z
- Audio duration: PT3M47S
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Hey there, code crafters! Welcome back to another episode of your daily VS Code podcast. I'm absolutely buzzing about what the team shipped yesterday - we're talking about some seriously impressive UI work and some really thoughtful developer experience improvements that are going to make your daily coding life so…
Let's dive right into the big story of the day - and wow, do we have a big one! Osvaldo Ortega just landed what might be one of the most visually striking updates we've seen in a while. We're talking about a complete redesign of the sessions app list interface. Picture this: you've got hover-reveal animations that…
But that's not all on the sessions front. The team is really doubling down on making this experience shine. We got a new "Mark as Done" button for archiving sessions from mrleemurray, and some solid fixes for overlay dismissal and keyboard accessibility. It's one of those features where you can really feel the care…
Now, if you're working with remote development - and honestly, who isn't these days - Rob Lourens has been absolutely crushing it with improvements to the remote agent host system. The file picker now supports new URI schemes with proper path…
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