Directory issue when connecting VS Code to remote server via ftp-simple

Question

I've set up ftp-simple to connect to my remote server. Files show up fine, however directories appear with [DIR] next to them which, when clicked, disappear with a red line through it, as per image below (template-parts was the directory which I had just clicked on).

As mentioned, files are fine - they load perfectly, but it's the directories which have the issue.

Nothing shows up in the output log when this happens and I can't seem to find anything about this issue elsewhere.

Falmouth

Same issue here tried connecting by filezilla in the same time but no results – Degraw

Answer 1

The only solution I have found is this.

In vscode, go File->Preferences->Settings.

Then at the search area type this -> ftp-simple.remote-workspace-load-all <- and set it to false.

What this does is, when you first load a directory (the default path that has been set in vsc config), vsc is going to load only the content of this specific directory.

Then, only if you click another directory ([DIR]), it will start to download the content of this directory.

Fishbein

Hello, for some reason your solution works well but when you want to add a configuration in the settings of ftp-simple, your solution won't work. – Grosbeak

This works for me, but only for a short amount of time. If I'm working in a directory, then 30 minutes later, I need to explore another directory - I get the same issue as the original post. – Caravan

Answer 2

I tried this, (ftp-simple.remote-workspace-load-all set to False) but it made no difference, short-term or long-term.

I thought that maybe it was a low resource problem since this FTP extension worked fine with a small set of files, but when I tried this with a full WordPress site this is when many of the subdirectories had this problem. However, I did a full restart of the computer (closing many open programs and Chrome tabs, LOL) and this made no difference. Same subdirectories are "[DIR] FileName"

Lectra

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Answer 3

It depends on how many files are in the directory and how large they are. Files load from up down and it can take a long time to load everything even with fast internet. Just open the files so the [DIR] files are visible and wait until the need files load.

Hutchins