Code-server: Add file and directory upload feature

Created on 6 Mar 2019 · 9Comments · Source: cdr/code-server

enhancement needs-decision

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xuanyuanaosheng

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We do support drag and drop for uploading both files and directories.

You can drag into the main area of the editor (which will upload to the workspace root) or into the file tree (which will upload into whatever directory you dropped it on).

I think adding a button (and command) for uploading would be a good move, especially to make it more accessible from the keyboard.

We don't support downloading directories and files through the UI yet, but we want to eventually.

code-asher on 8 Mar 2019

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You can use scp to do this easily. We can definitely add a UI for scp though.

nhooyr on 6 Mar 2019

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You can use scp to do this easily. We can definitely add a UI for scp though.

Well。 Use scp command is not a good way for windows. The UI scp is a good way. The other way is to use plugin solve this. Please think about this:

https://github.com/liximomo/vscode-sftp

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Kelvin.vscode-sshfs

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mkloubert.vscode-remote-workspace

xuanyuanaosheng on 7 Mar 2019

Nextcloud has a nice way of handling this. You can just drag&drop the folder in place, and it uploads accordingly. A seperate "upload file here" button would also be nice.

Not sure if this is the right issue to address this, but i'd also like to see a download button for individual files, as well as folders/the project as zip.

PhilsLab on 8 Mar 2019

I believe we have this 🤔

cc: @coderasher

kylecarbs on 8 Mar 2019

We do support drag and drop for uploading both files and directories.

You can drag into the main area of the editor (which will upload to the workspace root) or into the file tree (which will upload into whatever directory you dropped it on).

I think adding a button (and command) for uploading would be a good move, especially to make it more accessible from the keyboard.

We don't support downloading directories and files through the UI yet, but we want to eventually.

code-asher on 8 Mar 2019

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The Theia project recently implemented this exact same issue in case you want to check out their implementation.

jgbradley1 on 12 Mar 2019

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Closing in favor of https://github.com/codercom/code-server/issues/233

kylecarbs on 17 Mar 2019

I am sorry to resurrect this discussion, but it looks like the upload feature is not cross-platform.
I am hosting code-server on linux;

Drag-n-drop on a linux machine works like a charm
On chrome OS it says "Cannot read property 'isFile' of null"
On windows it tries to copy a file into a path with backslashes instead of normal slashes. I get something like "Cannot copy '/\homeusername\bluh-bluh': access denied"