Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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A quick tip showing you how a read-only mode in Visual Studio Code works. It can be enabled for files or folders, which can be helpful when you're doing a code review, viewing two files side-by-side and one is used as a reference, or when you want to be certain that you don't accidentally end up working on a file from "dist" or "node_modules" folder.

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