This extension dynamically generates an external tab with Cross Origin isolation enabled using Nodebox(the Server tab in the figure below). Therefore, the ?vscode-coi=on parameter is not required in VS Code for the Web.
⚠️ VS Code Insiders
VS Code insides for the Web has Cross Origin isolation turned on by default.
The only difficulty with this approach is that SharedArrayBuffer and Atomics require the site to be cross-origin isolated, which, because CORS is very viral, can be an endeavor by itself. This is why it is currently only enabled by default on the Insiders version insiders.vscode.dev and must be enabled using the query parameter ?vscode-coi=on on vscode.dev.
If you use Start WebContainer, you have to set ?vscode-coi=off.
Features
Start WebContainer from VS Code for the Web
Open a terminal with Jsh
Open Preview URL with Simple Browser
Automatically reflect changes to WebContainer when there are any changes to the Workspace file
Import WebContainer files to Workspace
Background file sync is not supported.
Does not supported to multi-root workspace.
Containers are not persistent.
Usage
Start WebContainer(Open terminal with Jsh)
Open the Workspace(Local folder or Remote repository)
Execute the Start WebContainer: Start command from the command palette
The URL(https://*.nodebox.codesandbox.io/) for starting WebContainer will open in an external tab
Workspace files will be loaded to WebContainer
When you edit files in the editor, they will be automatically reflected in WebContainer. However, it will not be reflected in the following cases.
Changes outside the editor
Create and delete files
📘 npm install:
npm install is not executed automatically. Please execute it manually
Even if package.json and package-lock.json are updated, they will not be automatically reflected in the Workspace(See Start WebContainer: Pick up all files from a container below)
Open Preview URL
Execute the Start WebContainer: Preview command from the command palette
Select from the list of available Prview URLs
The Preview URL will open in the Simple Browser
Pick up all files from a WebContainer
Execute the Start WebContainer: Pick up all files from a container command from the command palette
The files in the WebContainer will be overwritten to the Workspace
