Revert "Improve the local to native and remote to local copy, paste, and DND experience (#320685)"#323490
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This pull request reverts the earlier changes that enhanced local-to-native and remote-to-local copy/paste and drag-and-drop behavior in the desktop workbench, restoring the prior clipboard/DND and remote file access behavior.
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- Revert native clipboard integration for file resources (back to VS Code’s custom
code/file-listclipboard buffer only). - Remove the remote file system proxy infrastructure (main/renderer pieces + tests) that enabled cross-window access to remote providers.
- Revert remote-to-local clipboard temp download logic in Explorer copy/cut flows and simplify DND text transfer behavior.
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| src/vs/workbench/services/clipboard/electron-browser/clipboardService.ts | Reverts platform-native file clipboard formats and returns to a single VS Code custom clipboard buffer format for resources. |
| src/vs/workbench/electron-browser/desktop.main.ts | Removes registration of the remote file system proxy server/client in the renderer. |
| src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/browser/explorerService.ts | Removes remote clipboard temp-download logic and writes original resources directly to the clipboard service. |
| src/vs/workbench/browser/dnd.ts | Reverts the filtering behavior for text drag data (restores prior behavior of setting text from all file-service resources). |
| src/vs/platform/files/test/electron-main/remoteFileSystemProxy.test.ts | Removes tests for the remote file system proxy main handler. |
| src/vs/platform/files/electron-main/remoteFileSystemProxyMainHandler.ts | Removes the main-process proxy router implementation. |
| src/vs/platform/files/electron-browser/remoteFileSystemProxyServer.ts | Removes the renderer-side server channel exposing file operations to other windows. |
| src/vs/platform/files/electron-browser/remoteFileSystemProxyClient.ts | Removes the renderer-side proxy provider used by windows without a direct remote connection. |
| src/vs/platform/files/common/remoteFileSystemProxy.ts | Removes the shared IPC channel name constants for the proxy feature. |
| src/vs/code/electron-main/app.ts | Removes the main-process channel registration for the remote file system proxy handler. |
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This reverts commit f9070ac.