remote ssh - connections management

[camiant]

it would be useful if "Targets" tree could be sorted according to developers' preferences. just a few suggestions:

• renaming connections (a more comfortable way than editing connection name in ".ssh/config" file)
• sort connections/folders
• pin connections/folders as favorites
• apply custom colors for immediate identification

thanks in advance

[stanislavdavid]

at least rename feauter - I am enclosing simple example:

All I see is only public_html and I do not know in which folder.

[gaikaz]

Having a folder/grouping structure for targets would be very appreciated.
When you have 30+ hosts in ~/.ssh/config, the list becomes very cluttered. Especially if multiple folders are used for some targets, that are unfolded by default.

Idea:
~/.ssh/config files can have an Include parameter which does what the name would suggest - includes additional config files. This could easily act as some sort of grouping for the list of targets.

[sfsccn]

Just adding a "collapse all" button to the interface would be quite helpful. An option to have the default state be "all collapsed" would also be nice.

[plwalsh]

Better management on this panel would be hugely helpful. With the sorting of targets within a host being defined by "most recently opened", it is a constantly changing order. That makes it impossible to build any sort of muscle memory for opening targets, and leads to constant "hunting" to find the right one. At least an alphabetic ordering, with a secondary sort on workspace path, would help for starters. But I would love to see a "Favorites" list as well, which I can edit/reorder to my liking.

[camiant]

where are destinations path stored? so it could be possibile to sort them in a custom order..

[koww]

A sorting or searching function to the recent opened folders would be very appreciated

[milopersic]

Plus one for renaming SSH targets. I use the remote explorer on a lot of server IPs without domains, and I sure wish I could give them some friendly names for ease of use. The Remote Explorer is a powerful feature and hugely central to my workflow for multiple environments.

[dmtroyer]

I use the remote explorer on a lot of server IPs without domains, and I sure wish I could give them some friendly names for ease of use.

Do you use an ssh config file? I believe that vscode follows the config, so you could have an entry for each server with the friendly name as Host and the ip as its HostName