title: How to connect VS Code via FTP with Remote Workspace?
body: <p>I have embarked on my Visual Studio Code odyssey.
  I need to use it to edit files on a remote FTP server.
  I installed the <a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mkloubert.vscode-remote-workspace" rel="noreferrer">Remote Workspace extension</a> (vscode-remote-workspace)</p>
  
  <p>Instructions say:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Create (or update) a <code>.code-workspace</code> file and open it by using File >>
    <code>&gt; Open Workspace...</code> in the GUI:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
      "folders": [{
          "uri": "sftp://my-user:my-password@example.com?debug=1",
          "name": "My SFTP folder"
      }]
  }
  </code></pre>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>like...</p>
  
  <blockquote>
  <pre><code>FTP [↑]
  URL Format: ftp://[user:password@]host[:port][/path/to/a/folder][?param1=value1&amp;param2=value2]
  
  {
      "folders": [{
          "uri": "ftp://my-user:my-password@ftp.example.com/",
          "name": "My FTP folder"
      }]
  }
  </code></pre>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I am trying to set up a connection to my FTP server.</p>
  
  <p>I have:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Saved Workspace As to create <code>MySpace.code-workspace</code> file</li>
  <li>Opens Settings and pasted the following in to Workspace Settings...</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p><code>{
      "folders": [{
          "uri": "ftp://myuser:mypass@ftp.myhost.com:21",
          "name": "My FTP folder"
      }
  ],
  "settings": {},
  }</code></p>
  
  <p>However, the bottom-right of VSCode reports...</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/0NPfoXH.png" alt="Image"></p>
  
  <p>("Can't find remote", "File not found")</p>
  
  <p>... while the sidebar shows...</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/0mfTTVP.png" alt="Image"></p>
  
  <p>(An exclamation mark, with the hint underneath hover: "Can not resolve workspace folder")</p>
  
  <p>I don't get to see any file tree, though I have read <a href="https://github.com/mkloubert/vscode-remote-workspace/issues/32" rel="noreferrer">the parallel issue</a> about a problem showing files below top level.</p>
  
  <p>I wondered if my FTP host has trouble accepting a login with the uri format you advise. Trying to login to it via Mac Terminal with <code>myuser:mypass@ftp.myhost.com:21</code>, it actually reports: <code>331 User myuser:mypass OK. Password required</code>, which is obviously wrong. It took removing the password and port to login to it via Terminal. But doing so in Code Workspace Settings doesn't work either.</p>
  
  <p>How can I overcome this?</p>