[Feature-request] Make the extension work in the VS Code Remote mode

[MurzNN]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Now the extension works well when I run it on the VS Code on the host. But I usually use VS Code in the Remote mode, when it runs the server side inside the DDEV container, that is very convenient.

But, in that mode, the extension is not working because it tries to get the list of DDEV projects from inside the "web" container, not from the host system.

So, I have to launch a separate VS Code instance (usually empty) just to get the DDEV extension working.

Describe the solution you'd like
As I know, you can mark the extension (or some parts of it) as "Run on the host side" to fix this issue. So, if it is possible, would be great to make the extension work in the VS Code Remote mode too!

[rfay]

Since @ultimike uses the "remote explorer" technique and teaches it to all his students, I've been wanting to make this easier to do; in general there they say "don't use the vscode-ddev-manager", because of course it's not adapted to that.

But we have recently added a fake ddev inside the web container, and the ability to run web commands. For example, if you type ddev xdebug on inside web container it will prompt you to just use xdebug on.

[rfay]

I'm not entirely sure that an extension that used "remote explorer" to operate on the container is even the same extension when you get down to it, but it might be.

Proposed blog post in

• Blog: Using VS Code with Remote Explorer and DDEV ddev.com#321

[biati-digital]

Yeah, the extension isn’t currently adapted to work inside the container, mainly because I don't use it that way. The extension can expose PHP, Node, Vite, (really anything), to the host, so they’re accessible as if you were inside the container.

I’ve been really busy with work lately, so I’m probably the only one using it like this right now. I just need some free time to update the README with more details so others can give it a try and decide whether it works for them or if they’d rather access the container directly.