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v3.86.0 2024-04-02
Editor
- #5035: Modifying a
pubspec_overrides.yamlfile will now triggerpub getin the same way as modifyingpubspec.yaml. - #5021: The Dart language status information (accessed from the
{}icon next to the current editors language which shows the status of the Dart tooling services) is now visible for virtual Dart files that don’t use thefile:scheme.
Flutter
#5031: A new setting dart.hotReloadPatterns allows setting custom globs for which modified files should trigger a Hot Reload:
"dart.hotReloadPatterns": [
"**/*.md", // All .md files
"**/assets/**", // Everything in assets
]
Misc
- #5025: When the
dart.openDevToolssetting is set to always open DevTools on starting a debug session, non-Flutter web apps will no longer trigger a prompt asking “Which DevTools page?” and will instead launch the default page. - #5020: The Dart Tooling Daemon is no longer spawned for internal Bazel workspaces where it may not be available.
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.
- #5048: Flutter Outline, CodeLens and some other features that rely on outline information from the Dart Analysis Server are now sent for newly-opened files instead of requiring a modification to the file to show up.
- #5047: “Run”/”Debug” CodeLenses no longer sometimes take up to 5s to appear or cause other CodeLenses to be delayed for 5s.
- #5030: The VS Code Outline view will no longer sometimes fail to populate for files that were already open when VS Code launched.
- #4938: When launching a Flutter app, more detailed build progress will now be shown in the toast notification.
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!