{"id":232580,"date":"2021-05-25T07:55:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T14:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/?p=232580"},"modified":"2021-05-25T08:20:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T15:20:45","slug":"visual-studio-2019-v16-10-and-v16-11-preview-1-are-available-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/visual-studio-2019-v16-10-and-v16-11-preview-1-are-available-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Studio 2019 v16.10 and v16.11 Preview 1 are Available Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"

What\u2019s new in Visual Studio 2019 v16.10?<\/h2>\n

We are excited to announce the release of Visual Studio 2019 v16.10 GA and v16.11 preview 1. This release makes our theme of developer productivity and convenience Generally Available to Visual Studio users! We\u2019ve added C++20 features, improved Git integration, improved profiling tools, and a host of features that accelerate productivity.<\/p>\n

Download the latest Visual Studio release<\/a> to try the new features in 16.10. And as always, we love your feedback and interactions through our Developer Community<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Install Visual Studio 2019 v16.10<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n

C++<\/h3>\n

Our compiler and STL are now feature-complete for the latest available C++20 standard! 16.10 comes with a few much-anticipated features: calendars, timezones and <format>. These features are all available under the \/std:c++latest switch. The \/std:c++20 switch is not yet available as some features are expected to be amended by Defect Reports (ISO C++20 bug fixes) in an ABI-incompatible way (see Microsoft\/STL Issue #1814<\/a>\u00a0for more details).<\/p>\n

The <format><\/a> is a new facility for text formatting based on fmtlib<\/a>. It provides a fast and safe alternative to iostreams and the printf family:<\/p>\n

auto version = 20;\r\nstd::format(\u201cSTL is now C++{} feature-complete!\u201d, version);<\/pre>\n
Calendars and timezones are an extension to the existing <chrono><\/a> facilities. They provide functionality for representing and manipulating dates and times in a type-safe and time-zone aware fashion.<\/p>\n
std::chrono::year_month_day world_bee_day = May\/20d\/2021y\r\nstd::format(\"Buzz buzz on %F!\u201d, world_bee_day);<\/pre>\n
In addition, we\u2019ve improved the IntelliSense experience for Modules, Ranges, and Concepts. Go-to-definition works on both modules themselves and definitions imported from modules. Ranges are notoriously difficult to process for the compiler, but IntelliSense can now give you completion for them. You\u2019ll also get completion for names defined within concepts.<\/p>\n
\"Visual
Visual Studio now has completions for Ranges.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
The LLVM OpenMP runtime is now supported on x86 and ARM64, in addition to x64. Pass the \/openmp:llvm switch to target it.<\/p>\n
If you want to use C++20-style coroutines but are targeting C++11 or C++14, you can now use the \/await:strict switch to get the desired behavior.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve improved our coroutine debugging and visualization. In particular, the visualization for std::coroutine_handle<T> now displays the original coroutine function name and signature and the current suspend point.<\/p>\n
\"Coroutine
Coroutine debugging and visualization has been improved.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
If you\u2019re using our CMake support then you\u2019ll now be able to use CMakePresets<\/a> to specify configurations rather than CMakeSettings.json. This format is consistent across Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, and any other tools which support this new standard.<\/p>\n
Git Productivity<\/h3>\n
The status bar has a new branch picker that allows you to filter local and remote branches and perform common actions from the right click context menu.<\/p>\n
\"Branch
Branch picker in the status bar.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
The branch picker in the status bar as well as the Git Changes window now check out a local or remote branch when you single-select the branch.<\/p>\n
\"Left
Left click to check out a branch and right click for additional actions.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
Filter and switch between local Git repositories from the status bar repository picker. The context menu on right-click allows you to remove items from the list.<\/p>\n
\"Remove
Remove items from the repository picker list through the context menu.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
Sync (Pull then Push) your branch with the remote from the unpushed commits button in the status bar, and from the Sync command in the Git Menu.<\/p>\n
\"Sync
Sync button in the status bar.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
Fetch and pull from the Git Repository window history pane even when there are no incoming commits. Access these sections from the status bar or the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+0+Y.<\/p>\n
\"Incoming
Incoming section in Git Repository window with a callout to fetch and pull buttons.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
Select a commit in the Git Repository window to view its details and the comparison of file changes without having to navigate to other windows. Select two commits and right-click to compare them in the same window. Pop out the details into their own window for full screen visibility to deep-dive into the changes.<\/p>\n
\"Embedded
Embedded commit details and file comparison in Git Repository window.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
View the number of deletions and insertions in a file, and change the layout of the comparison.<\/p>\n
\"Multiple
Multiple commit windows popped out.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
You can perform even more actions now from the Git Changes window. The toolbar icons are customizable and you can choose which actions to show. You can Sync with multiple remotes from the overflow menu. And you can open your repository\u2019s remote webpage in the browser.<\/p>\n
\"Git
Git Changes overflow menu with callouts to Sync, open in browser, and toolbar actions.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
Automatically re-connect or prompt to establish initial Azure DevOps connection when opening an Azure DevOps Git repository. This enables access to work items and builds for the opened repository.<\/p>\n
\"Info
Info bar prompting Azure DevOps initial connection when missing<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
When resolving rebase or merge conflicts, the merge editor and the context menu will show you the branch names for the Current and Incoming branches. This fixes the\u00a0confusing Source and Target terminology<\/a> issue.<\/p>\n
\"Context
Context menu when resolving conflicts displays the branch names<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
 <\/p>\n
\"Rebase
Rebase and Merge editor displays branch names in the heading<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
We added menu items that are shortcuts to the PR creation and list pages to make it easier to create and view pull requests. The menu is dynamic based on whether your repository is on GitHub or Azure DevOps.<\/p>\n
\"Create
Create a PR and view list of PRs on the web from the Git menu<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
Git Settings<\/h3>\n
We added a few new options in Git > Settings<\/strong> to manage how you open and switch repositories. You can now keep the current solution open when switching to another repository<\/p>\n
\"Setting
Setting to keep current solution open<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
You can also choose not to load the repository root folder when opening a repository. This will keep the Solution Explorer empty and you won\u2019t get a solution list.<\/p>\n
\"Setting
Setting to open the folder<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
However, if you do choose to open the root folder, Visual Studio won\u2019t automatically load the solution anymore. Instead you’ll see the folder view and solution available in a list you can select from. You can change this behavior through Git > Settings<\/strong> by toggling the checkbox.<\/p>\n
\"Setting
Setting to toggle auto-navigation of Solution Explorer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
You can choose to check out a branch from the Git Repository window by double-clicking the branch name. If you want to change this behavior, then toggle the checkbox in Git > Settings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\"Settings
Settings to toggle auto-sln load and branch check out.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
Performance Profiler<\/h3>\n
The launch page for the Performance Profiler now has links to help guide users to online documentation detailing how to use the tools along with our toolbox video series. You can usthese to learn more about the tools and learn how to better identify areas in your code for optimization and validate your changes.<\/p>\n
\"Graphical
Graphical user interface, text, application, email Description automatically generated<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
The .NET Object Allocation tool in the Performance Profiler is first tool transitioned to our new analysis engine which is significantly faster and provides more features. After collection you can get to your results and build call-trees faster (~40% increase). We now also support SourceLink to pull down sources, so you can see exactly where code is allocating, even if it is not in your code.<\/p>\n
\"Graphical
Graphical user interface Description automatically generated<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
This requires symbols for the corresponding code which can be pulled down from the Microsoft Symbol Servers, go to Debug > Options > Symbols<\/strong> to enable this.<\/p>\n
\"Graphical
Graphical user interface, text, application Description automatically generated<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
Containers<\/h3>\n
This release includes some exciting features for users of the Docker container tooling. You can now run any combination of services defined in your compose files, and enjoy improved container and image management in the Containers window. For more information, see our New Features for Containers announcement<\/a> in the 16.10 preview 3 blog.<\/p>\n
.NET Productivity<\/h3>\n
From our .NET team, we bring you several features to help with continual improvements in productivity.<\/p>\n
We have added functionality through the Remove Unused References <\/strong>command. This command allows you to clean up unused project references and NuGet packages. This option is turned off by default, but you can enable it under menu Tools > Options > Text Editor > C# > Advanced<\/strong>. Select the Remove Unused References<\/em><\/strong> command in Solution Explorer (Experimental). Once the option is enabled, the Remove Unused References<\/strong> command will appear in the right-click menu of a project name or dependencies node.<\/p>\n
\"Remove
Remove unused references in the Solution Explorer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
\"Remove
Remove unused references dialog box.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
When you select Remove Unused References<\/strong>, a dialog box will open. You can then view all references that are going to be removed, but you also have the option to preserve any you wish to keep.<\/p>\n
IntelliSense Completion<\/h4>\n
There is additional IntelliSense completion for Enum values when a type is known even if the Enum value is not entered. We also expanded this option to include completion for casts, indexers, and operators.<\/p>\n
\"IntelliSense
IntelliSense completion for Enums.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
There is now a completion option that automatically inserts arguments when writing a method call.<\/p>\n
\"Automatically
Automatically insert arguments when writing a method call.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
This feature is off by default so you will need to enable it in Tools > Options > Text Editor > C# > IntelliSense<\/strong> and select Tab twice to insert arguments (experimental)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
To use this feature, start writing a method call and press tab twice (tab+tab<\/strong>). Notice that the method call includes arguments based on the method\u2019s default values. Use parameter info to cycle through the list of arguments that you would like inserted by pressing the up and down arrow keys. Start typing an argument to bring up the IntelliSense completion list and type semicolon, which will commit the argument and add a semicolon to the end of the method call.<\/p>\n
Visualize and Navigate Inheritance Chains<\/h4>\n
There is now a visual representation for navigating and inspecting the inheritance chain.<\/p>\n
\"Visual
Visual indicators for navigating inheritance chains.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
This option is off by default so you will need to turn it on in Tools > Options > Text Editor > C# > Advanced<\/strong> and select Show inheritance margin. <\/strong>Enabling inheritance margin will add new icons to the margins representing your code\u2019s implementations and overrides.<\/p>\n
Click the inheritance margin icon to display inheritance options that you can navigate to.<\/p>\n
\"Navigate
Navigate inheritance chains by clicking the margin icon.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
Test Explorer Accessibility Improvements<\/h4>\n
We’ve made several updates to the Test Explorer that improve keyboard accessibility and usability of the test detail pane and log files. For details, see Test Experience Accessibility Improvements<\/a> in the 16.10 preview 3 blog.<\/p>\n
WinForms Updates<\/h4>\n
We’ve refactored our Behavior Service for Visual Studio 16.10. This resulted in significant performance improvements to the new WinForms designer for .NET Core, 5, and 6. This also fixed many issues related to selecting, dragging, and dropping multiple controls.<\/p>\n
XAML Tooling Updates<\/h4>\n
We keep improving existing and adding new features to make you more productive developing XAML UIs.<\/p>\n
XAML Designer Quick Actions<\/h5>\n
Now you can change properties of your controls very quickly by using a pop-up menu behind the light bulb that is shown for a selected control.<\/p>\n
\"Xaml<\/a>
Quick actions in the XAML designer.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n
When you select a control in the XAML designer, you will see a light bulb. Once you click on it, a list of most commonly used properties for this specific control will be displayed saving you time finding those properties in Property Explorer or typing the code in XAML editor.<\/p>\n
Supported\u00a0controls:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n