--- title: VS code extensions to boost productivity (with previews) description: Linked Editing VS code now has a built-in, called linked editing, separate from auto rename tag extension for editing a tag when its matching closing tag is... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/vs-code-extensions-to-boost-productivity-with-previews--oj0rded5t twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: VS code extensions to boost productivity (with previews) | daily.dev og:description: Linked Editing VS code now has a built-in, called linked editing, separate from auto rename tag extension for editing a tag when its matching closing tag is... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/vs-code-extensions-to-boost-productivity-with-previews--oj0rded5t og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/oJ0rDed5T.png og:image:alt: VS code extensions to boost productivity (with previews) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # VS code extensions to boost productivity (with previews) **[DEV](https://daily.dev/sources/devto)** · [@babi364](https://daily.dev/babi364) · 3 min read · 54 upvotes · 10 comments ## Summary Linked Editing VS code now has a built-in, called linked editing, separate from auto rename tag extension for editing a tag when its matching closing tag is modified. Indent-rainbow increases the readability of your code and makes it easy to browse throught your work. Material Icon Theme makes icons more obvious to the eye. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@varun\_baisane** · 2 upvotes > Very Helpful while coding. **@hinogi** · 2 upvotes > I wish ppl would come up with new extension setups beside repeating setups from almost the very beginning of vscode. > Something like Inline Parameters or postfix completion or Debug Visualizer **@ashwin\_raikar88** · 1 upvotes > Thanks for this awesome post **@petroff** · 1 upvotes > nice one! **@roywaswa** · 1 upvotes > Get these tools, they've made my life livable. 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