Code Editor Package for Visual Studio

About Visual Studio Editor

The Visual Studio Editor package provides the Unity Editor with support for Unity-specific features from the Visual Studio Tools for Unity extension in Visual Studio and the Unity for Visual Studio Code extension in Visual Studio Code. These include IntelliSense auto-complete suggestions, C# editing, and debugging.

Installation

This package is a built-in package and installed by default.

Note: If you’re using a version of the Unity Editor before 2019.4, you’ll need to install this package through the package manager.

Requirements

This version of the Visual Studio Editor package is compatible with the following versions of the Unity Editor:

• 2019.4 and later

To use this package, you must have the following third-party products installed:

• On Windows: Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 or newer with Visual Studio Tools for Unity 4.0.9 or newer.
• On macOS: Visual Studio Code with Unity for Visual Studio Code 0.9.0 or newer.

For more information on using Visual Studio with Unity, refer to Microsoft's Visual Studio Tools for Unity documentation.

For more information on using VS Code with Unity, refer to the Visual Studio Code Unity development with VS code documentation.

Submitting issues

This package is maintained by Microsoft and Unity. Submit issues directly from the Help menu in Visual Studio (Help > Submit Feedback > Report a Problem) or Visual Studio Code (Help > Report an Issue). Unity will make this package accessible to the public on GitHub in the future.