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v3.78.2 2023-12-11

#4880: Using “Run” / “Run without Debugging” will now still connect the debugger to the Dart VM Service (but disable breakpoints and pause-on-exception). This restores some functionality that had become unavailable recently in Run mode, such as:

#4876 has been opened to review (and document) the differences between Run/Debug going forwards. If you have an opinion on this difference, please comment!

v3.78.0 2023-11-30

Flutter Sidebar

#4762/#4833 If you’ve upgraded to the recently-released Flutter 3.16 you’ll have access to a new sidebar panel in VS Code when working on Flutter projects:

The panel currently includes:

Code Completion Signatures

#2462: Also when using Flutter 3.16 / Dart 3.2, code completion has been improved to include more detailed signatures for all items instead of only the one currently selected.

Lazy Getters in Debugger

#4234: Setting "dart.evaluateGettersInDebugViews": false will no longer completely hide getters in debug views, but instead provide a clickable button that will evaluate them lazily.

To completely hide getters you can use the new setting "dart.showGettersInDebugViews": false.

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Features/Fixes Enabled with Future SDKs

The following items depend on changes to the Dart/Flutter SDKs that have not yet been released to stable channels. They may be available to test in the current beta/master channels and will show up in future SDK releases.

Upstream Issues

Some feature requests and fixes require new features and fixes in upstream projects like VS Code and LSP which use counts of 👍s on those issues to help gauge demand. The Dart-Code website now lists some of the most significant upstream issues with a description of the feature/fix they would enable. Please consider reviewing this list and adding your 👍 to any GitHub issues relevant to features you’d like to see!

https://dartcode.org/upstream-issues/