

We do not intend to migrate the Microsoft Edge DevTools out of the browser and fully into the IDE. We intend to move forward largely based on your feedback to ensure any solutions we ship and maintain are good fits for the Microsoft Edge DevTools and VS Code communities. The Elements for Microsoft Edge extension is our first such prototype, meaning it won’t be perfect and we expect to learn a lot along the way. As we investigate potential DevTools solutions, we intend to ship functional prototypes in the open so we can get your early feedback. One of our principles is to iterate rapidly in partnership with real customers. This view will update live as you make changes to the CSS and HTML, so you don’t have to leave VS Code to see how changes affect the layout of your site.

You can try this out today in our new preview VS Code extension, Elements for Microsoft Edge. Given you can already debug Edge from VS Code, the next logical step is to integrate the most-used browser tool, Elements, into VS Code, as well.


One consistent theme we heard in these conversations is that you want to spend more time working with code in your favorite editor. Over the past few months, we’ve been working closely with web developers to understand how to simplify your workflows by building on our new Chromium-powered DevTools foundation for the next version of Microsoft Edge.
