open view view, ini highlighting, GHPR release notes

Author: alexr00

release-notes/v1_100.md

@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ When an extension is identified as malicious, VS Code now provides links to addi
 
 VS Code now prevents the installation of Copilot chat pre-release version in VS Code stable. This helps avoid situations where users inadvertently install the Copilot chat pre-release version and gets stuck in a broken state. This means you can only install the Copilot chat pre-release version in the Insiders build of VS Code.
 
+### Command to open a view without focus
+
+Views (tree views and webview views) can now be opened without focusing them. This is useful for extensions and keybindings that want to open a view but not take focus away from the current editor. The command is `your-view-id.open`, and it takes a property bag argument: `{ preserveFocus: boolean}`.
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 ## Code Editing
 
 ### NES Import Suggestions
@@ -253,6 +257,10 @@ We've continued to iterate on the expandable hover feature for JavaScript and Ty
 
 This feature is still experimental but you can try it today by enabling `setting(typescript.experimental.expandableHover)`. You must be using TypeScript version 5.9 or above, for example by installing the [TypeScript nightly extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.vscode-typescript-next).
 
+### Default syntax highlighting for `.*.env` files
+
+Files with name format `.*.env` will now be highlighted as ini files.
+
 ## Remote Development
 
 The [Remote Development extensions](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack), allow you to use a [Dev Container](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/devcontainers/containers), remote machine via SSH or [Remote Tunnels](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/tunnels), or the [Windows Subsystem for Linux](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/wsl) (WSL) as a full-featured development environment.
@@ -309,6 +317,13 @@ Then once you define a new symbol, for example, a class or a function, you can s
 
 ### GitHub Pull Requests and Issues
 
+There has been more progress on the [GitHub Pull Requests](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.vscode-pull-request-github) extension, which enables you to work on, create, and manage pull requests and issues. New features include:
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+* Ask Copilot questions about the active pull request, such as "Address all comments in the #activePullRequest".
+* View issues in a webview, just like you can view pull requests.
+* Polish and alignment of the "Pull Requests", "Issues", and "Notifications" views.
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+Review the [changelog for the 0.110.0](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-pull-request-github/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md#0110) release of the extension to learn about the other highlights.
 
 ## Extension Authoring