v1.7.0

What's New in 1.7

Syntax Hightlighting

• Introduced a brand new TextMate grammar written from scratch that provides much more robust C# syntax highlighting. (#101, #225, #268, #316, #674, #706, #731, #746, #782, #802, #816, #829, #830, #861, #1078, #1084, #1086, #1091, #1096, #1097, #1106, #1115)
• The C# TextMate grammar has a new home! Issues and contributions are welcome at https://github.com/dotnet/csharp-tmLanguage.

Project Support

• Updated with the latest changes for .NET Core .csproj projects. (omnisharp-roslyn#738)
• Automatic package restore and out-of-date notifications implemented for .NET Core .csproj projects. (#770)
• Correctly update project when dotnet restore is performed on a .NET Core .csproj project. (#1114)
• Properly handle .csproj projects in .sln files that were added via .NET CLI commands. (omnisharp-roslyn#741)
• Fix dotnet restore Visual Studio Code command to execute for .csproj .NET Core projects. (#1175)
• Respect nowarn in project.json projects. (omnisharp#734) (Contributed by @filipw)
• Fix problem with project.json projects that wrap assemblies. (#424)

Debugging

• Enable debugger support for Zorin OS 12. (#1160) (Contributed by @mkaziz)
• Added off-road support for Windows Subsystem for Linux (NOTE: requires newer version of Windows than have been publicly released yet)
• Fixed issue with debugger pause and multithreaded call stacks (#1107 and #1105)

C# Scripting

• Support resolving #r references from the GAC. (omnisharp-roslyn#721) (Contributed by @filipw)
• Include System.ValueTuple in C# scripts implicitly. (omnisharp-roslyn#722) (Contributed by @filipw)

Code Actions

• Fixed code actions that add files, such as "Move Type to File". (#975)
• Properly surface code actions that have "nested code actions". This allows "generate type" to work properly. (#302)
• Don't display the Remove Unnecessary Usings code action unless it is relevant. (omnisharp-roslyn#742)
• Don't show the Extract Interface refactoring as it requires a dialog that does not exist in VS Code. (#925)

Completion List

• A namespace icon should be displayed for namespaces in the completion list. (#1125) (Contributed by @filipw)
• Add icons for several symbol kinds in the completion list, fixing many symbols that incorrectly displayed a property "wrench" icon. (#1145)

Other Updates and Fixes

• Add schema validation for omnisharp.json files. (#1082) (Contributed by @Thaina)
• Add support for auto-closing and surrounding characters. (#749, #842) (Contributed by @filipw)
• Fix running and debugging of tests defined in nested classes. (#743, #1151)
• Fix error when 'tasks.json' does not contain a 'tasks' node, or contains os-specific 'tasks' nodes. (#1140)
• Better detection of Windows architecture (x86 or x64) when determining extension dependencies to download. The detection logic now uses well-known environment variables rather than launching 'wmic'. (#1110, #1125)
• Improvements to the OmniSharp Log (#1155)
• Add new values to the omnisharp.logginglevel option to allow more granualar control of OmniSharp logging. (#993) (Contributed by @filipw)
• Don't display the "some projects have trouble loading" message if projects only contain warnings. (#707)
• Update Mono detection logic to succeed even if another shell is set as the default (e.g. zsh). (#1031)

Known Issues

• Running and debugging of tests are not supported in .csproj-based .NET Core projects. However, there will still be clickable "run test" and "debug test" indicators above test methods. (#1100)
• When opening a .csproj-based .NET Core project in VS Code, the C# extension will not activate until a C# file is opened in the editor. (#1150)

v1.7.0-beta5

• Fix regression introduced in v1.7.0-beta4 where the extension would fail to launch 'dotnet restore' for project.json projects (#1199)
• Update to latest debugger bits (#1200)

v1.7.0-beta4

• Automatic package restore and out-of-date notifications implemented for .NET Core .csproj projects. (#770)
• Fix problem with project.json projects that wrap assemblies. (#424)
• Fixed code actions that add files, such as "Move Type to File". (#975)
• Properly surface code actions that have "nested code actions". This allows "generate type" to work properly. (#302)
• Don't display the Remove Unnecessary Usings code action unless it is relevant. (omnisharp-roslyn#742)
• Don't show the Extract Interface refactoring as it requires a dialog that does not exist in VS Code. (#925)
• Add support for auto-closing and surrounding characters. (#749, #842) (Contributed by @filipw)
• Don't display the "some projects have trouble loading" message if projects only contain warnings. (#707)
• Update Mono detection logic to succeed even if another shell is set as the default (e.g. zsh). (#1031)

v1.7.0-beta3

• Correctly update project when dotnet restore is performed on a .NET Core .csproj project. (#1114)
• Add new values to the omnisharp.logginglevel option to allow more granualar control of OmniSharp logging. (#993) (Contributed by @filipw)
• Fix dotnet restore Visual Studio Code command to handle .csproj .NET Core projects. (#1175)

v1.7.0-beta2

• Updated with the latest changes for .NET Core .csproj projects. (omnisharp-roslyn#738)
• Properly handle .csproj projects in .sln files that were added via .NET CLI commands. (omnisharp-roslyn#741)
• Respect nowarn in project.json projects (omnisharp#734) (Contributed by @filipw)
• Enable debugger support for Zorin OS 12 (#1160) (Contributed by @mkaziz)
• Support resolving #r references from the GAC (omnisharp-roslyn#721) (Contributed by @filipw)
• Include System.ValueTuple in C# scripts implicitly (omnisharp-roslyn#722) (Contributed by @filipw)
• A namespace icon should be displayed for namespaces in the completion list. (#1125) (Contributed by @filipw)
• Add icons for several symbol kinds in the completion list, fixing many symbols that incorrectly displayed a property "wrench" icon. (#1145)
• Add schema validation for omnisharp.json files. (#1082) (Contributed by @Thaina)
• Fix running and debugging of tests defined in nested classes. (#743, #1151)
• Fix error when 'tasks.json' does not contain a 'tasks' node, or contains os-specific 'tasks' nodes. (#1140)
• Better detection of Windows architecture (x86 or x64) when determining extension dependencies to download. The detection logic now uses well-known environment variables rather than launching 'wmic'. (#1110, #1125)
• Improvements to the OmniSharp Log (#1155)

v1.7.0-beta1

• Greatly improved C# syntax highlighting (#1115)
• Fixes to debugger remote attach support which for a line ending issue on Windows and zsh
• Fix async break (#1105) and multithreaded call stack issues (#1107)

v1.6.2

• Fix performance issue when editing type names containing multiple generic type parameters. (#1088, #1086)

v1.6.1

• Fix crash when tasks.json contains comments. (#1074)

v1.6.0

What's New in 1.6

C# Scripting

• Roslyn scripting support in CSX files! (#23, omnisharp-roslyn#659) (Contributed by @filipw)

Project Support

• Support for latest .NET Core .csproj projects updates. (omnisharp-roslyn#705)
• Update 'tasks.json' and 'launch.json' generation to support .NET Core .csproj projects. (#767)
• Properly support <NoWarn> in MSBuild projects and specifically ignore the CS1701 warning in .NET Core MSBuild projects. (#967)
• Fix global.json-based project search to also the top-level folders specified by the "projects" property and not just their children. (#904 and #962)

Debugging

• Update the debugger so that the debugger itself runs on .NET Core 1.1. This change:
  • Enables debugger support for additional Linux distributions - Ubuntu 16.10, openSUSE 42, Fedora 24
  • Brings support for running all supported distros on top of Linux Kernel >= 4.6
• Enable debugger support for Arch Linux (#564)
• Improve debugger install errors for macOS without openSSL symlinks (#986), and x86 Windows (#998).
• Improve debugger performance using precompiled debugger binaries (#896, #971).

Syntax Highlighting

• Tons of great syntax highlighting fixes and support! (All contributed by @ivanz)
  • Fix for field declarations. (#757)
  • Fix for generic types with multiple type parameters. (#960)
  • Proper support for interpolated strings (verbatim and non-verbatim). (#852)
  • Fix for multi-line properties. (#854)
  • Fixes for events, nested type references (e.g. Root.IInterface<Something.Nested>), variable declarations, nested classes, and fields spanning multiple lines

Hover Tooltips

• Improve display of hover tool tips for built-in C# types, such as int and string. (#250) (Contributed by @filipw)
• Improve display of hover tool tips for nested classes. (#394) (Contributed by @filipw)
• Fix spacing in hover tool tips around <paramref/> in XML doc comments. (#672) (Contributed by @filipw)

Other Updates and Fixes

• Support for running/debugging NUnit tests (#996) (Contributed by @HexWrench)
• Fix exception thrown when sending /autocomplete request to OmniSharp server in location where no completion items are available. (#980)
• Add omnisharp.maxProjectResults setting to control the maximum number of projects to display in the 'Select Project' dropdown. The default is 250. (#875) (Contributed by @filipw)
• Fix signature help display for constructors. (#36) (Contributed by @filipw)
• Ensure that the editor.insertSpaces and editor.tabSize settings are passed to OmniSharp for formatting. Note that this behavior can be controlled with the omnisharp.useEditorFormattingSettings option, which defaults to true. (#1055) (Contributed by @filipw)

v1.6-beta7

• Update 'tasks.json' and 'launch.json' generation to support .NET Core .csproj projects. (#767)
• Ensure that the editor.insertSpaces and editor.tabSize settings are passed to OmniSharp for formatting. Note that this behavior can be controlled with the omnisharp.useEditorFormattingSettings option, which defaults to true. (#1055) (Contributed by @filipw)