--- title: Best Visual Studio Code posts — April 2026 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Visual Studio Code posts from April 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/vscode/best-of/2026/04 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/vscode/best-of/2026/04 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Visual Studio Code posts — April 2026 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Visual Studio Code posts from April 2026, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Visual Studio Code — April 2026 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-code-1-116-jqccjm6ye "Visual Studio Code 1.116") Article Visual Studio Code · 22w Visual Studio Code 1.116 Visual Studio Code 1.116 release notes cover incremental updates including keyboard navigation commands for the Agents app, an accessibility help dialog for screen reader users in the Agents app chat input, and CSS @import node\_modules resolution support enabling Ctrl+click navigation through bundler imports. 34 2 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-code-1-118-ugd7fqkfd "Visual Studio Code 1.118") Article Visual Studio Code · 20w Visual Studio Code 1.118 VS Code 1.118 (Insiders) release notes covering changes from April 21–23, 2026\. Key updates include Copilot CLI SDK improvements such as session-title API adoption for session naming, keybindings (Ctrl+1/Ctrl+2) for switching between sessions in the Agents app, auto model selection support, model badges in chat panel responses, and a node-pty resolution fix that eliminates the need to copy binaries at build or runtime. Also included is an opt-in for TypeScript 7.0 nightly builds. 43 3 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/pets-support-while-you-code-f2uu7tmf0 "Pets Support While You Code") Video Visual Studio Code · 20w Pets Support While You Code VS Code Pets is a fun extension that lets you spawn animated pets (dogs, chickens, foxes, and more) in the bottom corner of VS Code while you work. You can add multiple pets and even customize colors. 18 5 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-code-1-115-hjypxok7f "Visual Studio Code 1.115") Article Visual Studio Code · 23w Visual Studio Code 1.115 VS Code 1.115 (Insiders) release notes covering changes from March 31 to April 2, 2026\. Key additions include test coverage indicators in the minimap, file pasting into the terminal via Ctrl+V and drag-and-drop, background terminal notifications for AI agents including exit codes and output, pinch-to-zoom on Mac in the integrated browser, and new CLI options for \`code serve-web\`. Agent-related improvements include Copilot status bar session info, SSH remote machine connections with automatic CLI installation, file edit tracking and restoration in agent sessions, browser tab tracking in chat, a new \`send\_to\_terminal\` tool for agents, and client-side agent session renaming. 10 [See all Visual Studio Code archives](/sources/vscode/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/vscode/best-of/2026/04#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/vscode/best-of/2026/04","name":"Best Visual Studio Code Posts — April 2026","description":"The most upvoted Visual Studio Code posts from April 2026, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/vscode/best-of/2026/04#items","numberOfItems":4,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-code-1-116-jqccjm6ye","name":"Visual Studio Code 1.116"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-code-1-118-ugd7fqkfd","name":"Visual Studio Code 1.118"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pets-support-while-you-code-f2uu7tmf0","name":"Pets Support While You Code"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/visual-studio-code-1-115-hjypxok7f","name":"Visual Studio Code 1.115"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Visual Studio Code","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/vscode"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/vscode/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"April 2026"}]}]} ```