MSBuild Editor Release Notes

2.1 (2018-11-08)

Added IntelliSense for tasks defined in current project.
Added command to toggle showing 'private' symbols - properties, items and targets that start with an underscore. This command is not surfaced in a menu but can be activated from global search.
Private symbols are now sorted to the bottom of the completion list.
Improved task resolution. All tasks in the .NET SDK are now resolved.
When editing a props file, if there is a sibling tasks file with the same name it will be implicitly imported, and vice versa.
MSBuild-specific syntax highlighting is now enabled for csproj/vbproj/fsproj files.
buildschema.json files can now define additional files to be imported at edit time with a new intellisenseImports array. This is useful for providing parent context to files that are expected to be imported by other files.
A JSON schema for buildschema.json files is now available.
The NuGet Pack schema has been updated with more properties and metadata.
buildschema.json files can now add metadata to item types defined in other schemas. For example, the NuGet Pack schema uses this to add Pack metadata to None items.
Simple property functions no longer break expression parsing and resolution.
There is basic IntelliSense for a subset of property functions.
Assigning default values to properties is no longer be a warning in props and targets files, only project files.
Removed noisy log messages.