

The new Markdown editor supports all default text editing shortcuts and editor features in Visual Studio, such as multi-caret selection. Markdown editing and preview are now available by default in Visual Studio 17.5 Preview.


Several file creation options are available in this new dialog: With the release of the new Quick Add Dialog, the default shortcut for creating a new file, Ctrl + Shift + A, now opens the new simplified file creation dialog. These new preview versions include several new features such as the Quick Add Dialog, Markdown preview support out-of-the-box, and colorizing editor tabs using regular expression rules. Microsoft released Visual Studio 2022 version 17.5 Preview 1 in November 2022, and Preview 2 in December 2022.
