Serve is usually a share space where multiple users sharing the computational resources. Therefore, it is important to remember that the server can go down,… So, it’s important to backup your work, especially the codes, via Github, for example. For heavy items like the model weights or private things like API keys, you can ignore them by using git ignore.
How to browser files on serve interactively using VSCode
In this box, select Show and Run Commands:
Search File > Open folder as circled red in this image:
Click on it, paste in the path and then press OK.
Now, on the left panel of VSCode, you may see something like this
Now, you can right click a folder or a file and options like Download, Cut, Copy, will pop up as in the following figure:
Useful Visual Studio Code shortcuts
🔎 Navigation
| Action | Windows / Linux | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| Quick file open | Ctrl + P | Cmd + P |
| Go to symbol in file | Ctrl + Shift + O | Cmd + Shift + O |
| Go to line | Ctrl + G | Cmd + G |
| Go to definition | F12 | F12 |
| Peek definition | Alt + F12 | Option + F12 |
| Go back / forward | Alt + ← / → | Ctrl + - / Ctrl + Shift + - |
✏️ Editing
| Action | Windows / Linux | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| Copy line down/up | Shift + Alt + ↓ / ↑ | Shift + Option + ↓ / ↑ |
| Move line down/up | Alt + ↓ / ↑ | Option + ↓ / ↑ |
| Delete line | Ctrl + Shift + K | Cmd + Shift + K |
| Duplicate line | Shift + Alt + ↓ | Shift + Option + ↓ |
| Toggle comment | Ctrl + / | Cmd + / |
| Block comment | Shift + Alt + A | Shift + Option + A |
🧠 Multi-Cursor (Super Powerful)
| Action | Windows / Linux | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| Add cursor above/below | Ctrl + Alt + ↑ / ↓ | Cmd + Option + ↑ / ↓ |
| Select next occurrence | Ctrl + D | Cmd + D |
| Select all occurrences | Ctrl + Shift + L | Cmd + Shift + L |
| Column selection | Shift + Alt + Drag | Shift + Option + Drag |
🔍 Search & Replace
| Action | Windows / Linux | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| Find in file | Ctrl + F | Cmd + F |
| Replace in file | Ctrl + H | Cmd + Option + F |
| Global search | Ctrl + Shift + F | Cmd + Shift + F |
| Replace in project | Ctrl + Shift + H | Cmd + Shift + H |
🧰 Productivity
| Action | Windows / Linux | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| Command palette | Ctrl + Shift + P | Cmd + Shift + P |
| Quick fix / suggestions | Ctrl + . | Cmd + . |
| Rename symbol | F2 | F2 |
| Format document | Shift + Alt + F | Shift + Option + F |
| Show problems panel | Ctrl + Shift + M | Cmd + Shift + M |
🗂️ Tabs & Panels
| Action | Windows / Linux | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| Switch tab | Ctrl + Tab | Cmd + Tab |
| Close tab | Ctrl + W | Cmd + W |
| Split editor | Ctrl + \ | Cmd + \ |
| Toggle terminal | Ctrl + ` | Cmd + ` |
💡 Tip:
The single most powerful shortcut in VS Code is:
Ctrl + Shift + P (or Cmd + Shift + P)
→ Opens the Command Palette where you can access almost everything.