You can view any public GitHub repository in VS Code directly in your browser. Just open the repository on GitHub in your browser and change the domain to github1s.com.
This will open a readonly VS Code instance directly in your browser.
Example: github1s.com/facebook/react/
Open a repository on GitHub and press t to open the File Finder. This let's you find files by name (or name of the directory) in the current repo.
Some overlay elements like dropdowns or flyout menus automatically hide/remove themselves when the focus is lost. Whenever you switch to the DevTools the page is not focused anymore and the element gets hidden.
The Chrome DevTools have a feature to emulate page focus. Open the DevTools, press Ctrl+Shift+P (or Cmd+Shift+P on macOS) and search for "Emulate a focused page".
When you open a file in VS Code and you look for a specific function, class, ... you can navigate by symbols. Press Ctrl+Shift+O (or Cmd+Shift+O on macOS) to see all symbols of the current file. You can filter the list and navigate through the results with arrow down / arrow up. VS Code will automatically scroll to the focused element. Press esc to close the list (and navigate back to the original scroll position) or enter to focus that symbol.
This works for many different languages like JavaScript, TypeScript and even headings in Markdown.
Sometimes the TypeScript server in Visual Studio Code crashes which results in broken auto completion. You can restart the server with a single command.
Make sure that you have a TypeScript file open, press Ctrl+Shift+P (or Cmd+Shift+P on macOS) to open the Command Palette and type restart, then select the command "TypeScript: Restart TS server".
The status bar at the bottom of the window will show the status of the server.