Remote Sidebar

The Remote Sidebar enables you to access and manage files found on remote servers. When working in a Remote Project, it displays the contents of the server the project is bound to. For Local Projects, it displays the contents of any servers you’ve added as a Remote Files destination in Project Settings. The Remote Sidebar functions very similarly to the Files Sidebar. As such, we highly recommend reading that article for general information on how to use the Remote Sidebar. This article will primarily focus on functions and behaviors unique to the Remote Sidebar.

When first opened, the Remote Files Sidebar will connect to your project’s remote destination, and navigate to your specified Remote Path as its initial folder. As with the Files Sidebar, you can drag files and folders around the sidebar to move them. You can also drag local files into the Remote Sidebar to upload them to your remote server.

Read More:

• Servers
• Project Settings > Remote Files

Opening Files

The transient tab behavior supported by the Files Sidebar is not supported by the Remote Sidebar. Consequently, files must be double-clicked to open them in standard tabs. You can also use ⌘↓ (Command+Down Arrow) to open the selected file in the Remote Sidebar.

Navigation Controls

Unlike the Files Sidebar, the navigation bar is always enabled for the Remote Sidebar. Double-clicking a folder will expand that folder to fill the Remote Sidebar, and you can use the < Back and > Forward buttons to navigate through your folder history.

In addition to the dropdown menu used for navigating higher up the current folder hierarchy, the Remote Sidebar houses a dropdown to select a server to navigate. This can be useful when working in a Local Project with multiple Remote Files destinations configured. Simply click this menu and select the server you want to browse. You can also disconnect from the current server from here.

Context Menu

Right-clicking (or ⌃Control+clicking) a file in the Remote Sidebar brings up the context menu. Many of the available options are the same between the Files Sidebar and Remote Sidebar. However, certain actions that require direct filesystem access, such as Show in Finder or Compress, are unavailable.

Download

Unique to the Remote Sidebar, this menu item allows you to download a remote file to your project directory.

Copy URL

If the server has a Remote URL and Remote Path configured, Nova can use them to calculate and copy a direct URL to the selected file on your server. For instance, setting your Remote URL to https://www.example.com and using Copy URL on /about/index.html will copy the URL as https://www.example.com/about/index.html.

Refresh

You can manually refresh the contents of remote folders to check for any changes.