DirectFolderBrowser

A file and folder browser for Panda3D using DirectGUI

Features

This is a simple fullscreen file and folder browser with a basic featureset. Currently implemented are:

• Browsing files and folders
• Show/Hide hidden files (using unix like leading dot)
• Create new folders
• Filter by file extension
• Resizes with window size changes
• Makes use of the Tooltip class

How to use

To add a browser instance to your running Panda3D application, just instantiate it like shown here:

from DirectFolderBrowser import DirectFolderBrowser

# this command will be called by the browser
def callbackCommand(ok):
    if ok == 1:
        print("User Clicked OK")
        
        # print the selected file
        print(browser.get())
        
        browser.hide()
        # Destroy the browser if it's not needed anymore
        #browser.destroy()
    elif ok == 0:
        print("User Clicked Cancel")
        browser.hide()
        browser.destroy()

# show the browser as file browser
browser = DirectFolderBrowser(callbackCommand, fileBrowser=True)

The DirectFolderBrowser accepts a few arguments.

• command: The command that will be called on closing the browser
• fileBrowser: If set to True the browser will show files, otherwise it will only show folders
• defaultPath: The initial path the browser will be set to show
• defaultFilename: The filename that will be set by default, only usefull if fileBrowser is True
• fileExtensions: A list of extensions. Only files with those extensions will be shown. Only usefull if fileBrowser is True
• tooltip: An instance of the Tooltip class to display tooltips for certain parts of the editor