How to Open a File From FTP Directly In Text Editor / Visual Studio Code

Question

It used to be that when I right-clicked on an .html file in FTP and selected view/edit:

it would automatically open the file in my text editor (Visual Studio Code).

Now it opens directly in the browser:

How can I make it so that when I right click on a file in FTP and select View / Edit, it will automatically open in VSCode?

Thank you!

Solution

Right click on an .html file on your desktop and select Get Info. Then select your text editor or Visual Studio Code from the "opens with" drop-down menu. Then hit change all.

EDIT: Be sure to stop and restart your Browser, Filezilla / FTP program, and Visual Studio Code / text editor after doing this.

EDIT 2: Just doing the above sometimes isn't enough. You may also have to change your file settings in FileZilla. Go to FileZilla --> Settings --> Filetype Associations, and make sure all of the filetypes you want to open in VS Code are entered in the text-area:

Comments

[barlop]

you wrote " right-clicked on an .html file in FTP " <-- what does that mean? What program are you referring to. And what is that image from, what program, what OS?!

[HappyHands31]

I tried to show what that meant in the screenshot. This is a screenshot of what it looks like when you right-click on a file in FileZilla. I'm using a Mac OS Mojave.

[barlop]

is this all on a mac? are these iimages mac specific? if so perhaps you should tag it osx

[HappyHands31]

Yes - "macos" and "mac" tags added