Visual Studio Code is a very powerful free and open source text editor, but before start usage it you need to but to use all its features, you need to configure it.
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Visual Studio Code
First of all disable telemetry collection in File > Preferences > Settings menu:
![](https://andjey.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/visual-studio-code-disable-telemetry-1024x323.png)
Override “Alt” button to toggle menu bar:
"window.titleBarStyle": "custom", "window.customMenuBarAltFocus": false
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Disable file previewing when clicked on at all is by setting:
"workbench.editor.enablePreview": false
![](https://andjey.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/visual-studio-code-disable-preview-1024x219.png)
Functionality of Visual Studio Code can be extended with plugins and extensions.
To disable Unicode strings highlight use command:
editor.unicodeHighlight.ambiguousCharacters = false
To change tabulation for existing document use command:
indent using tabs
I prefer to install such basic plugins: Project Manager, Ftp-sync, Show Functions, Beautify, and Material Icon Theme, Atom Material Theme:
![](https://andjey.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/visual-studio-code-basic-extentions.png)
This is my basic configuration of Visual Studio Code, you can also change other options and config this amazing text editor as you want.