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# Web IDE **(FREE)**
-The Web IDE is an advanced editor with commit staging.
-You can use the Web IDE to make changes to multiple files directly from the
-GitLab UI. For a more basic implementation, see [Web Editor](../repository/web_editor.md).
-
-NOTE:
-The Web IDE is being updated to use VS Code. For details,
-see [Web IDE Beta](../web_ide_beta/index.md).
-
-## Open the Web IDE
+> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/95169) in GitLab 15.7 [with a flag](../../../administration/feature_flags.md) named `vscode_web_ide`. Disabled by default.
+> - [Enabled on GitLab.com](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/371084) in GitLab 15.7.
+> - [Enabled on self-managed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/115741) in GitLab 15.11.
-Use the <kbd>.</kbd> [keyboard shortcut](../../shortcuts.md) to open the Web IDE.
-You can also open the Web IDE when viewing a file, from the repository file list,
-and from merge requests:
-
-### When viewing a file or the repository file list
-
- 1. In the upper-right corner of the page, select **Open in Web IDE** if it is visible.
- 1. If **Open in Web IDE** is not visible:
- 1. Select the (**{chevron-lg-down}**) next to **Edit** or **Gitpod**, depending on your configuration.
- 1. Select **Open in Web IDE** from the list to display it as the editing option.
- 1. Select **Open in Web IDE** to open the editor.
+The Web IDE is an advanced editor with commit staging.
+You can use the Web IDE to make changes to multiple files directly from the GitLab UI.
+For a more basic implementation, see [Web Editor](../repository/web_editor.md).
-### When viewing a merge request
+To pair the Web IDE with a remote development environment, see [remote development](../remote_development/index.md).
- 1. Go to your merge request.
- 1. In the upper-right corner, select **Code > Open in Web IDE**.
+## Use the Web IDE
-## File finder
+To open the Web IDE from the GitLab UI:
-The file finder allows you to quickly open files in the current branch by
-searching for fragments of the file path. The file finder is launched using the keyboard shortcut
-<kbd>Command</kbd>+<kbd>p</kbd>, <kbd>Control</kbd>+<kbd>p</kbd>, or <kbd>t</kbd>
-(when editor is not in focus). Type the filename or file path fragments to
-start seeing results.
+1. On the top bar, select **Main menu > Projects** and find your project.
+1. Use the <kbd>.</kbd> keyboard shortcut.
-## Command palette
+You can also open the Web IDE from:
-You can see all available commands for manipulating editor content by pressing
-the <kbd>F1</kbd> key when the editor is in focus. After that, the editor displays
-a complete list of available commands for
-manipulating editor content. The editor supports commands for multi-cursor
-editing, code block folding, commenting, searching and replacing, navigating
-editor warnings and suggestions, and more.
+- A file
+- The repository file list
+- A merge request
-Some commands have a keyboard shortcut assigned to them. The command palette
-displays this shortcut next to each command. You can use this shortcut to invoke
-the command without having to select it in the command palette.
+### From a file or the repository file list
-For a full list of keyboard shortcuts in the Web IDE, refer to the
-[Keyboard shortcuts](../../shortcuts.md#web-ide) list.
+To open the Web IDE from a file or the repository file list:
-## Syntax highlighting
+- In the upper-right corner of the page, select **Open in Web IDE**.
-As expected from an IDE, syntax highlighting for many languages in
-the Web IDE makes your direct editing even easier.
+If **Open in Web IDE** is not visible:
-The Web IDE currently provides:
+1. Next to **Edit** or **Gitpod**, select the down arrow (**{chevron-lg-down}**).
+1. From the dropdown list, select **Open in Web IDE**.
+1. Select **Open in Web IDE**.
-- Basic syntax colorization for a variety of programming, scripting and markup
- languages such as XML, PHP, C#, C++, Markdown, Java, VB, Batch, Python, Ruby,
- and Objective-C.
-- IntelliSense and validation support (displaying errors and warnings, providing
- smart completions, formatting, and outlining) for some languages. For example:
- TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, LESS, SCSS, JSON, and HTML.
+### From a merge request
-Because the Web IDE is based on the [Monaco Editor](https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/),
-you can find a more complete list of supported languages in the
-[Monaco languages](https://github.com/Microsoft/monaco-languages) repository. Under the hood,
-Monaco uses the [Monarch](https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/monarch.html) library for syntax highlighting.
+To open the Web IDE from a merge request:
-If you are missing Syntax Highlighting support for any language, we prepared a short guide on how to [add support for a missing language Syntax Highlighting.](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/blob/master/app/assets/javascripts/ide/lib/languages/README.md)
+1. Go to your merge request.
+1. In the upper-right corner, select **Code > Open in Web IDE**.
-### Themes
+The Web IDE opens new and modified files in separate tabs and displays changes side by side with the original source.
+To optimize loading time, only the top 10 files (by number of lines changed) are opened automatically.
-> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/2389) in GitLab 13.0.
-> - Full Solarized Dark Theme [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/219228) in GitLab 13.1.
-> - Full [Solarized Light](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/221035) and [Monokai](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/221034) Themes introduced in GitLab 13.6.
+In the file tree, any new or modified file in the merge request is indicated by an icon next to the filename.
+To view changes to a file, right-click the filename and select **Compare with merge request base**.
-All the themes GitLab supports for syntax highlighting are applied to the entire Web IDE screen.
-You can pick a theme from your [profile preferences](../../profile/preferences.md).
+## Open a file in the Web IDE
-| Solarized Dark Theme | Dark Theme |
-|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
-| ![Solarized Dark Theme](img/solarized_dark_theme_v13_1.png) | ![Dark Theme](img/dark_theme_v13_0.png) |
+To open any file by its name:
-## Link to specific lines
+1. Press <kbd>Command</kbd>+<kbd>P</kbd>.
+1. Enter the name of your file.
-The Web IDE and the [Web Editor](../repository/web_editor.md) share the
-same core features. To link to specific lines in the Web IDE, see
-[Web Editor](../repository/web_editor.md#link-to-specific-lines).
+![fuzzy_finder_v15_7](img/fuzzy_finder_v15_7.png)
-## Schema based validation
+## Search across files
-> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/218472) validation based on predefined schemas in GitLab 13.2 [with a flag](../../../administration/feature_flags.md) named `schema_linting`.
-> - [Enabled by default](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/104399) in GitLab 15.7.
-> - On self-managed GitLab [enabled by default](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/107488) in GitLab 15.8.
+You can use the Web IDE to search all files in the opened folder.
-The Web IDE provides validation support for certain JSON and YAML files using schemas
-based on the [JSON Schema Store](https://www.schemastore.org/json/).
+To search across files:
-### Predefined schemas
+1. Press <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Command</kbd>+<kbd>F</kbd>.
+1. Enter your search term.
-The Web IDE has validation for certain files built in. This feature is only supported for
-the `*.gitlab-ci.yml` files.
+In the Web IDE, only partial results from opened files are displayed.
-### Custom schemas **(PREMIUM)**
+## View a list of changed files
-> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/226982) in GitLab 13.4.
+To view a list of files you changed in the Web IDE:
-The Web IDE also allows you to define custom schemas for certain JSON/YAML files in your project.
-You can do so by defining a `schemas` entry in the `.gitlab/.gitlab-webide.yml` file inside the
-repository's root. Here is an example configuration:
+- On the activity bar on the left, select **Source Control**,
+ or press <kbd>Control</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>G</kbd>.
-```yaml
-schemas:
- - uri: https://json.schemastore.org/package
- match:
- - package.json
- - uri: https://somewebsite.com/first/raw/url
- match:
- - data/release_posts/unreleased/*.{yml,yaml}
- - uri: https://somewebsite.com/second/raw/url
- match:
- - "*.meta.json"
-```
+Your `CHANGES`, `STAGED CHANGES`, and `MERGE CHANGES` are displayed.
+For more information, see the [VS Code documentation](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/sourcecontrol/overview#_commit).
-Each schema entry supports two properties:
+## Switch branches
-- `uri`: Provide an absolute URL for the schema definition file here.
- The schema from this URL is loaded when a matching file is open.
-- `match`: A list of matching paths or glob expressions. If a schema matches a
- particular path pattern, it is applied to that file. Enclose the pattern
- in quotes if it begins with an asterisk (`*`), it's be applied to that file.
- If a pattern begins with an asterisk (`*`), enclose it in quotation marks.
- Otherwise, the configuration file is not valid YAML.
+The Web IDE uses the currently selected branch by default.
+To switch branches in the Web IDE:
-## Configure the Web IDE
+1. On the status bar, in the lower-left corner, select the current branch name.
+1. In the search box, start typing the branch name.
+1. From the dropdown list, select the branch.
-> [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/23352) in GitLab 13.1.
+## Create a branch
-The Web IDE supports configuration of certain editor settings by using
-[`.editorconfig` files](https://editorconfig.org/). When opening a file, the
-Web IDE looks for a file named `.editorconfig` in the current directory
-and all parent directories. If a configuration file is found and has settings
-that match the file's path, these settings are enforced on the opened file.
+To create a branch from the current branch in the Web IDE:
-The Web IDE currently supports the following `.editorconfig` settings:
+1. On the status bar, in the lower-left corner, select the current branch name.
+1. From the dropdown list, select **Create new branch...**.
+1. Enter the branch name.
+1. Press <kbd>Enter</kbd>.
-- `indent_style`
-- `indent_size`
-- `end_of_line`
-- `trim_trailing_whitespace`
-- `tab_width`
-- `insert_final_newline`
+If you don't have write access to the repository, **Create new branch...** is not visible.
## Commit changes
-> - [Starting](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/33441) with GitLab 12.7, files are automatically staged.
-> - In GitLab 12.9, support for staging files was [removed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/196609) to prevent loss of unstaged data. All of your current changes must be committed or discarded.
-
-After making your changes, select **Commit** on the bottom-left to
-review the list of changed files.
-
-After you have finalized your changes, you can add a commit message, commit the
-changes and directly create a merge request. In case you don't have write
-access to the selected branch, you see a warning, but can still create
-a new branch and start a merge request.
-
-To discard a change in a particular file, select **Discard changes** on that
-file in the changes tab. To discard all the changes, select the trash icon in the
-upper-right corner of the changes sidebar.
-
-![Commit changes](img/commit_changes_v13_11.png)
-
-## Reviewing changes
-
-Before you commit your changes, you can compare them with the previous commit
-by switching to the review mode or selecting the file from the list of changes.
-
-An additional review mode is available when you open a merge request, which
-shows you a preview of the merge request diff if you commit your changes.
-
-## View CI job logs
-
-You can use the Web IDE to quickly fix failing tests by opening
-the branch or merge request in the Web IDE and opening the logs of the failed
-job. You can access the status of all jobs for the most recent pipeline and job
-traces for the current commit by selecting the **Pipelines** button in the top
-right.
-
-The pipeline status is also shown at all times in the status bar in the bottom
-left.
-
-## Switching merge requests
-
-To switch between your authored and assigned merge requests, select the
-dropdown list in the top of the sidebar to open a list of merge requests. You must commit or discard all your changes before switching to a different merge
-request.
-
-## Switching branches
-
-To switch between branches of the current project repository, select the dropdown list
-in the top of the sidebar to open a list of branches.
-You must commit or discard all your changes before switching to a
-different branch.
-
-## Markdown editing
-
-> - Support for pasting images [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/22822) in GitLab 13.1.
-> - Side-by-side Markdown preview [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/68274) in GitLab 14.3.
-
-To edit Markdown files in the Web IDE:
+To commit changes in the Web IDE:
-1. Go to your repository, and navigate to the Markdown page you want to edit.
-1. Select **Open in Web IDE**, and GitLab loads the page in a tab in the editor.
-1. Make your changes to the file. GitLab supports [GitLab Flavored Markdown (GLFM)](../../markdown.md).
-1. When your changes are complete, select **Commit** in the left sidebar.
-1. Add a commit message, select the branch you want to commit to, and select **Commit**.
+1. On the activity bar on the left, select **Source Control**,
+ or press <kbd>Control</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>G</kbd>.
+1. Enter your commit message.
+1. Select **Commit & Push**.
+1. Commit to the current branch, or create a new branch.
-When editing, you can upload local images by pasting them directly in the Markdown file.
-The image is uploaded to the same directory and is named `image.png` by default.
-If another file already exists with the same name, a numeric suffix is automatically
-added to the filename.
+## Use the command palette
-There are two ways to preview Markdown content in the Web IDE:
+In the Web IDE, you can access many commands through the command palette.
+To open the command palette and run a command in the Web IDE:
-1. At the top of the file's tab, select **Preview Markdown** to preview the formatting
- in your file. You can't edit the file in this view.
- 1. To add more changes to the file, select **Edit**.
-1. Right-click or use the keyboard shortcut `Command/Control + Shift + P` and
- select **Preview Markdown** to toggle a live Markdown preview panel.
+1. Press <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Command</kbd>+<kbd>P</kbd>.
+1. In the search box, start typing the command name.
+1. From the dropdown list, select the command.
-<!--- start_remove The following content will be removed on remove_date: '2023-02-01' -->
+## Edit settings
-## Live Preview (removed)
+You can use the settings editor to view and modify your user and workspace settings.
+To open the settings editor in the Web IDE:
-WARNING:
-This feature was [deprecated](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/108627) in GitLab 15.8
-and is planned for removal in 15.9. This change is a breaking change.
+- On the top menu bar, select **File > Preferences > Settings**,
+ or press <kbd>Command</kbd>+<kbd>,</kbd>.
-> [Renamed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/213853) from _Client Side Evaluation_ to _Live Preview_ in GitLab 13.0.
+In the settings editor, you can search for the settings you want to modify.
-You can use the Web IDE to preview JavaScript projects right in the browser.
-This feature uses CodeSandbox to compile and bundle the JavaScript used to
-preview the web application.
+## Edit keyboard shortcuts
-![Web IDE Live Preview](img/live_preview_v13_0.png)
+You can use the keyboard shortcuts editor to view and modify the default keybindings for all available commands.
+To open the keyboard shortcuts editor in the Web IDE:
-Additionally, for public projects an **Open in CodeSandbox** button is available
-to transfer the contents of the project into a public CodeSandbox project to
-quickly share your project with others.
+- On the top menu bar, select **File > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts**,
+ or press <kbd>Command</kbd>+<kbd>K</kbd> then <kbd>Command</kbd>+<kbd>S</kbd>.
-### Enable Live Preview
+In the keyboard shortcuts editor, you can search for:
-With Live Preview enabled, you can preview projects with a `package.json` file and
-a `main` entry point inside the Web IDE.
+- The keybindings you want to change
+- The commands you want to add or remove keybindings for
-Live Preview is enabled for all projects on GitLab.com. If you are an administrator
-of a self-managed GitLab instance, and you want to enable Live Preview:
+Keybindings are based on your keyboard layout. If you change your keyboard layout, existing keybindings are updated automatically.
-1. On the top bar, select **Main menu > Admin**.
-1. On the left sidebar, select **Settings > General**.
-1. Scroll to **Web IDE** and select **Expand**:
- ![Administrator Live Preview setting](img/admin_live_preview_v13_0.png)
-1. Select **Enable Live Preview** and select **Save changes**.
+## Change themes
-[In GitLab 12.9 and later](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/268288),
-third-party assets and libraries required for Live Preview are hosted at
-`https://sandbox-prod.gitlab-static.net` when it is enabled. However, some libraries
-are still served from other third-party services, which may or may not be desirable
-in your environment.
+You can choose between different themes for the Web IDE. The default theme for the Web IDE is **GitLab Dark**.
-An example `package.json`:
+To change the Web IDE theme:
-```json
-{
- "main": "index.js",
- "dependencies": {
- "vue": "latest"
- }
-}
-```
+1. On the top menu bar, select **File > Preferences > Theme > Color Theme**,
+ or press <kbd>Command</kbd>+<kbd>K</kbd> then <kbd>Command</kbd>+<kbd>T</kbd>.
+1. From the dropdown list, preview the themes with the arrow keys.
+1. Select a theme.
-<!--- end_remove -->
+The active color theme is stored in the [user settings](#edit-settings).
-## Interactive Web Terminals for the Web IDE
+## Privacy and data collection for extensions
-> [Moved](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/211685) from GitLab Ultimate to GitLab Free in 13.1.
+The Web IDE Extension Marketplace is based on Open VSX. Open VSX does not collect any
+data about you or your activities on the platform.
-WARNING:
-Interactive Web Terminals for the Web IDE is currently in [Beta](../../../policy/alpha-beta-support.md#beta).
-GitLab.com shared runners [do not yet support Interactive Web Terminals](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/24674),
-so you must use your own private runner to make use of this feature.
+However, the privacy and data collection practices of extensions available on Open VSX can vary.
+Some extensions might collect data to provide personalized recommendations or to improve the functionality.
+Other extensions might collect data for analytics or advertising purposes.
-[Interactive Web Terminals](../../../ci/interactive_web_terminal/index.md)
-give the project [Maintainers](../../permissions.md#project-members-permissions)
-user access to a terminal to interact with the runner directly from
-GitLab, including through the Web IDE.
+To protect your privacy and data:
-### Runner configuration
+- Carefully review the permissions requested by an extension before you install the extension.
+- Keep your extensions up to date to ensure that any security or privacy vulnerabilities are addressed promptly.
-Some things must be configured in the runner for the interactive web terminal
-to work:
+## Interactive web terminals for the Web IDE (Beta)
-- The runner needs to have
- [`[session_server]` configured properly](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/configuration/advanced-configuration.html#the-session_server-section).
- This section requires at least a `session_timeout` value (which defaults to 1800
- seconds) and a `listen_address` value. If `advertise_address` is not defined, `listen_address` is used.
-- If you are using a reverse proxy with your GitLab instance, web terminals must be
- [enabled](../../../administration/integration/terminal.md#enabling-and-disabling-terminal-support).
+When you set up a remote development server in the Web IDE, you can use interactive web terminals to:
-If you have the terminal open and the job has finished with its tasks, the
-terminal blocks the job from finishing for the duration configured in
-[`[session_server].session_timeout`](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/configuration/advanced-configuration.html#the-session_server-section)
-until you close the terminal window.
-
-NOTE:
-Not all executors are
-[supported](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/executors/#compatibility-chart).
-The [File Sync](#file-syncing-to-web-terminal) feature is supported on Kubernetes runners only.
-
-### Web IDE configuration file
-
-To enable the Web IDE terminals you must create the file
-`.gitlab/.gitlab-webide.yml` inside the repository's root. This
-file is fairly similar to the [`.gitlab-ci.yml` file](../../../ci/yaml/index.md)
-syntax but with some restrictions:
-
-- No global blocks (such as `before_script` or `after_script`) can be defined.
-- Only one job named `terminal` can be added to this file.
-- Only the keywords `image`, `services`, `tags`, `before_script`, `script`, and
- `variables` are allowed to be used to configure the job.
-- To connect to the interactive terminal, the `terminal` job must be still alive
- and running, otherwise the terminal cannot connect to the job's session.
- By default the `script` keyword has the value `sleep 60` to prevent
- the job from ending and giving the Web IDE enough time to connect. This means
- that, if you override the default `script` value, you have to add a command
- which would keep the job running, like `sleep`.
-
-For example, with this configuration file:
-
-```yaml
-terminal:
- # This can be any image that has the necessary runtime environment for your project.
- image: node:10-alpine
- before_script:
- - apk update
- script: sleep 60
- variables:
- RAILS_ENV: "test"
- NODE_ENV: "test"
-```
-
-After the terminal starts, the console is displayed and you can access
-the project repository files.
-
-When you use the `image` keyword, a container with the specified image is created.
-If you use the [shell executor](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/executors/shell.html)
-or the [SSH executor](https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/executors/ssh.html), `image` has no effect.
-
-The terminal job is branch dependent. The configuration file used to trigger
-and configure the terminal is the one in the selected branch of the Web IDE.
-If no configuration file exists in a branch, an error message is displayed.
-
-### Running interactive terminals in the Web IDE
-
-If Interactive Terminals are available for the current user, the **Terminal** button is visible in the right sidebar of the Web IDE. Select this button to open
-or close the terminal tab.
-
-After opening, the tab shows the **Start Web Terminal** button. This button may
-be disabled if the environment is not configured correctly. If so, a status
-message describes the issue. Here are some reasons why **Start Web Terminal**
-may be disabled:
-
-- `.gitlab/.gitlab-webide.yml` does not exist or is set up incorrectly.
-- No active private runners are available for the project.
-
-If active, selecting the **Start Web Terminal** button loads the terminal view
-and start connecting to the runner's terminal. At any time, the **Terminal** tab
-can be closed and reopened and the state of the terminal is not affected.
-
-When the terminal is started and is successfully connected to the runner, then the
-runner's shell prompt appears in the terminal. From here, you can enter
-commands executed in the runner's environment. This is similar
-to running commands in a local terminal or through SSH.
-
-While the terminal is running, it can be stopped by selecting **Stop Terminal**.
-This disconnects the terminal and stops the runner's terminal job. From here,
-select **Restart Terminal** to start a new terminal session.
-
-### File syncing to web terminal
-
-> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/5276) in GitLab 12.0.
-> - [Moved](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/211686) from GitLab Ultimate to GitLab Free in 13.1.
-
-File changes in the Web IDE can be synced to a running web terminal.
-This enables users to test their code changes in a preconfigured terminal
-environment.
-
-NOTE:
-Only file changes in the Web IDE are synced to the terminal.
-Changes made in the terminal are **not** synced to the Web IDE.
-This feature is only available for Kubernetes runners.
-
-To enable file syncing to the web terminal, the `.gitlab/.gitlab-webide.yml`
-file needs to have a `webide-file-sync` service configured. Here is an example
-configuration for a Node JS project which uses this service:
-
-```yaml
-terminal:
- # This can be any image that has the necessary runtime environment for your project.
- image:
- name: node:10-alpine
- services:
- - name: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/webide-file-sync:latest
- alias: webide-file-sync
- entrypoint: ["/bin/sh"]
- command: ["-c", "sleep 5 && ./webide-file-sync -project-dir $CI_PROJECT_DIR"]
- ports:
- # The `webide-file-sync` executable defaults to port 3000.
- - number: 3000
-```
-
-- The `webide-file-sync` executable must start **after** the project
- directory is available. This is why we must add `sleep 5` to the `command`.
- See [this issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/webide-file-sync/-/issues/7) for
- more information.
-- `$CI_PROJECT_DIR` is a
- [predefined CI/CD variable](../../../ci/variables/predefined_variables.md)
- for GitLab Runners. This is where your project's repository resides.
-
-After you have configured the web terminal for file syncing, then when the web
-terminal is started, a **Terminal** status is visible in the status bar.
-
-![Web IDE Client Side Evaluation](img/terminal_status.png)
-
-Changes made to your files via the Web IDE sync to the running terminal
-when:
-
-- <kbd>Control</kbd> + <kbd>S</kbd> (or <kbd>Command</kbd> + <kbd>S</kbd> on Mac)
- is pressed while editing a file.
-- You select any area outside the file editor after editing a file.
-- A file or folder is created, deleted, or renamed.
-
-## Known issues
-
-The Web IDE has a few limitations:
-
-- Interactive Terminals is in a beta phase and continues to be improved in upcoming releases. In the meantime, the user is limited to having only one
- active terminal at a time.
-- LFS files can be rendered and displayed but they cannot be updated and committed using the Web IDE. If an LFS file is modified and pushed to the repository, the LFS pointer in the repository is overwritten with the modified LFS file content.
+- Access a remote shell on the server.
+- Interact with the server's file system and execute commands remotely.
-## Troubleshooting
-
-### Web terminals
+You cannot use interactive web terminals to interact with a runner.
+However, you can use a terminal to install dependencies and compile and debug code.
-- If the terminal's text is gray and unresponsive, then the terminal has stopped
- and it can no longer be used. A stopped terminal can be restarted by selecting
- **Restart Terminal**.
-- If the terminal displays **Connection Failure**, then the terminal could not
- connect to the runner. Try to stop and restart the terminal. If the
- problem persists, double check your runner configuration.
+For more information about configuring a workspace that supports interactive web terminals, see [remote development](../remote_development/index.md).