This preview release of the extension adds language support for C/C++ to Visual Studio Code including:
- Language service
- Code Formatting (clang-format)
- Auto-Completion
- Symbol Searching
- Go to Definition/Declaration
- Peek Definition/Declaration
- Class/Method Navigation
- Signature Help
- Quick Info (Hover)
- Error Squiggles
- Debugging
- Support for debugging Windows (PDB, MinGW/Cygwin), Linux and macOS applications
- Line by line code stepping
- Breakpoints (including conditional and function breakpoints)
- Variable inspection
- Multi-threaded debugging support
- Core dump debugging support
- Executing GDB or MI commands directly when using 'C++ (GDB/LLDB)' debugging environment
- For help configuring the debugger see Configuring launch.json for C/C++ debugging on our GitHub page.
You can find more detailed information about C/C++ support for Visual Studio Code at our GitHub page and our VS Code documentation page.
The extension has OS-specific binary dependencies, so installation via the Marketplace requires an Internet connection so that these additional dependencies can be downloaded. If you are working on a computer that does not have access to the Internet or is behind a strict firewall, you may need to use our OS-specific packages and install them by invoking VS Code's "Install from VSIX..." command. These "offline' packages are available at: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-cpptools/releases.
cpptools-linux.vsix- for 64-bit Linuxcpptools-linux32.vsix- for 32-bit Linuxcpptools-osx.vsix- for macOScpptools-win32.vsix- for 64-bit & 32-bit Windows
If you run into any issues or have suggestions for us, please file issues and suggestions on GitHub. If you haven’t already provided us feedback, please take this quick survey and let us know what you think!