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Visual Studio Code Remote Development: Open any folder in WSL, in a Docker container, or on a remote machine using SSH and take advantage of VS Code's full feature set.
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Jumping into and out of WSL needs polish #4289

Open joaomoreno opened 3 years ago

joaomoreno commented 3 years ago

I see a few problems with going into the WSL world:

  1. There seems to be no way to reuse the window. I'd love to have a Remote WSL: Open WSL command which just gives me a remote connection in the same window. Additionally, a Remote WSL: Open Folder... which gives me the WSL picker, not the native one.
  2. No matter what previous state I left the WSL window, both the explorer and the sidebar always open up when I jump into a WSL window. This is so annoying since I always have to hide them.

What I really like: Close Remote Connection lets me reuse the same window.

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aeschli commented 3 years ago

Do you want a command like Reopen Window in WSL? Or a modifier key to 'New Window` ?

Note there's already the Remote-WSL: Open Folder in WSL command that lets you open a WSL folder in the current window.