{"id":233275,"date":"2021-07-21T11:12:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T18:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/?p=233275"},"modified":"2021-07-21T15:04:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T22:04:22","slug":"join-the-visual-studio-2022-for-mac-private-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/join-the-visual-studio-2022-for-mac-private-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Join the Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Private Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we\u2019re inviting you to try out Visual Studio 2022 for Mac as we share our first private preview release. This is the first release of our .NET IDE with a refreshed, fully native macOS UI. We\u2019d love for you to download it, try it out, and share your feedback to help us shape the next major release of Visual Studio for Mac.<\/p>\n<p><div  class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\"><a class=\"cta_button_link btn-primary mb-24\" href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/vs\/mac\/2022-signup\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up now for the private preview<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n<p>The Visual Studio 2022 for Mac preview can be installed side-by-side with earlier versions of Visual Studio for Mac and is free to use.<\/p>\n<p>Our goal with Visual Studio 2022 for Mac is to make a modern .NET IDE tailored for the Mac that delivers the productive experience you\u2019ve come to love in Visual Studio. This release focuses on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improving IDE performance and reducing crashes with a new fast and fluid native macOS UI.<\/li>\n<li>Taking advantage of more of macOS\u2019s built-in accessibility features.<\/li>\n<li>Updating the experience to feel more familiar between Mac and Windows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With this private preview, we\u2019d like to share our new native macOS UI and hear from you about what we got right and where we need to keep iterating. Visual Studio 2022\u2019s fully native UI is the result of an engineering effort that included substantial changes to the UI layer with a focus on some key technical internals. With these major investments, we are setting the stage to deliver improved stability and performance in the final release. This update affects every part of Visual Studio for Mac, so the scope is much bigger than our usual previews.<\/p>\n<h2>A fast and fluid experience, for everyone<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019re moving\u202fVisual Studio for Mac to native macOS UI, which will fix over\u202f100 previously reported issues related to performance, reliability,\u202fand product\u202fquality. An added benefit of using native\u202fmacOS\u202fUI is that\u202fthe IDE works more smoothly with\u202fmacOS\u2019s built in assistive technologies. Some of the biggest improvements for accessibility include support for new High Contrast themes and a more intuitive experience with <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/guide\/voiceover\/welcome\/mac\">VoiceOver<\/a>.\u202fIn this initial preview release, we\u2019re giving you a glimpse at the\u202fIDE\u202fand\u202fhave focused on the main features .NET developers use to build applications for the web. The video below gives you a quick feel for some of the improvements made to improve the speed and fluidity of the UI.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 1278px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-233275-1\" width=\"1278\" height=\"720\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/VSMac-17-Fluid-UI-Demo.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/VSMac-17-Fluid-UI-Demo.mp4\">https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/VSMac-17-Fluid-UI-Demo.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<h2>A modern .NET IDE hand-tailored for the Mac<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019ve introduced a new look and feel in Visual Studio for Mac that combines the modern macOS UI with the productive experience you\u2019ve come to know and love in Visual Studio. Some of the most visible changes include a footer status bar, new tab model for documents\/tool window, and refreshed light &amp; dark themes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/VSMac2022Overview.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-233408 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/VSMac2022Overview-e1626835400797.png\" alt=\"Screen shot of Visual Studio 2022 for Mac when debugging an ASP.NET Core project.\" width=\"700\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>A more familiar experience for Visual Studio users<\/h2>\n<p>The updates to Visual Studio for Mac\u2019s UI aren\u2019t just visual. As part of our goal to make the developer experience more consistent between Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac, we\u2019ve made changes to menus and terminology across the IDE. These adjustments were made with consideration for both the Visual Studio and macOS experience with the intent that developers will have an easier time following tutorials written for Windows and using existing muscle memory to find options. We\u2019re also bringing the new Git experience from Visual Studio to the Mac, starting with the Git Changes tool window.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/VSMac17GitChanges.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-233410\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/VSMac17GitChanges-300x249.png\" alt=\"Visual Studio for Mac showing a Git Changes window, with one file in a Staging area and one in a Commit Changes list.\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/VSMac17GitChanges-300x249.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/07\/VSMac17GitChanges.png 426w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Looking ahead to the first public preview<\/h2>\n<p>Our team has high standards for the quality of this release and is working on a list of known issues we want to fix before sharing out a larger public preview. These future previews will also include changes such as a new preferences UI, tool window drag and drop, and a Git branch selector in the status bar. Check out our recently updated <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/visualstudio\/productinfo\/mac-roadmap\">roadmap<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<h2>Keep sending us your feedback!<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019ve been working hard to address issues developers encounter when using Visual Studio for Mac on a daily basis, with a particular focus on reducing crashes and hangs. Your bug reports are very important to us as we continue to improve the product \u2013 please keep those\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/vsmac-suggestion\">suggestions<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/mac\/report-a-problem\">problem reports<\/a>\u00a0coming! You can use the <strong>Help &gt; Report a Problem<\/strong> or <strong>Help &gt; Provide a Suggestion<\/strong> menus to share feedback, or go to the <a href=\"https:\/\/developercommunity.visualstudio.com\/search?space=41&amp;stateGroup=active\">Visual Studio for Mac Developer Community<\/a> site to vote for those that impact you the most.<\/p>\n<h2>Help shape Visual Studio 2022<\/h2>\n<p>Take the first steps to becoming part of the future of Visual Studio 2022 for Mac by signing up below. 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