File Tree Browser

Demo

https://www.file-tree-generator.miglisoft.com/

Table of contents

• Overview
• Quick start
• Options
• How to customize the HTML/ CSS
• Connnectors
• Contribute
• Versionning
• Authors
• License

Overview

File Tree Browser is a Javascript plugin built to browse folders and select files.

It retrieves directories and files recursively with Ajax from a main directory and displays the tree structure. You can browse and select, move files from folder to folder, do any stuff with the choosen file.

File Tree Browser is programmed in Vanilla Javascript (compiled TypeScript) and doesn't require any dependency.

a PHP connector is provided to retrieve the main directory content, you can write your own in any server language (NodeJS, ASP, ...).

The default template is built with Bootstrap 4, but Bootstrap is not required at all. You can easily add your own HTML/CSS template and change markup to fit your needs.

Installation

Clone / download or install with npm

  npm install @migliori/file-tree-browser@1.1.1

Quick start

• Upload the dist folder on your server
• add the HTML markup on your page:

<!--
    This is a minimal example.
    You can change anything here,
    The File Tree Browser requires only a main wrapper
    with .ft-tree and .ft-explorer inside.
-->
<div id="custom-id">
    <div class="ft-tree"></div>
    <div class="ft-explorer"></div>
</div>

• add the Javascript code:

<script src="dist/js/file-tree-browser.js"></script>
<script>
    document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) {

        var options = {
            mainDir: '/path/to/directory',
            elementClick: function (filePath, fileName) {
                // do anything you want
            },
            cancelBtnClick: function (filePath, fileName) {
                // do anything you want
            },
            okBtnClick: function (filePath, fileName) {
                // do anything you want
            }
        };

        var ft = new FileTreeBrowser('file-tree-browser-wrapper', options);
    });
</script>

Options

Name	type	Default Value	Description
connector	string	'php'	connector file extension in dist/connectors/connector.[ext]
dragAndDrop	boolean	true	allow or disallow to drag files from folder to folder
explorerMode	string	'list'	'list' or 'grid'
extensions	array	['.*']	Array with the authorized file extensions
mainDir	string	'demo-files'	main directory id
maxDeph	number	3	deph of the folders to browse from the main directory
cancelBtn	boolean	true	add a cancel button or not
cancelBtnText	string	'Cancel'	text for the Cancel button
okBtn	boolean	true	add an OK button or not
okBtnText	string	'Ok'	text for the Ok button
template	string	'bootstrap4'	name of the HTML/CSS template files in dist/templates/
elementClick	function	function (filePath, fileName) {console.log(filePath); console.log(fileName);}	callback function called when the user clicks any file in the explorer
cancelBtnClick	function	function () { console.log('Cancel'); }	callback function called when the user clicks the explorer cancel button
okBtnClick	function	function (filePath, fileName) {console.log(filePath); console.log(fileName);}	callback function called when the user clicks the explorer OK button

How to customize the HTML/ CSS

The template files are used to generate the File Explorer html code.

They are located in dist/templates/

To create your own templates

• Create your HTML file + your css file with the same name for both in dist/templates/

• Your HTML template MUST:

  • include exactly the same <template> tags with the exact IDs as the default Bootstrap 4 template. ie:

    <template id="explorer-mode">...</template>

  • Each <template> tag MUST include elements having the prefixed CSS classes ft-

• Load your template using the template option:

  <script>
      document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) {
  
          var options = {
              // ...
              template: 'your-custom-template'
          };
  
          var ft = new FileTreeBrowser('file-tree-browser-wrapper', options);
      });
  </script>

You can use any HTML structure, any element, as long as the templates are all present with their respective IDs, and all the necessary prefixed classes are present in each of them.

WARNING: if there's a missing <template> tag or a missing prefixed class, Javascript will throw the following console error:

'Augh, there was an error!'

Connnectors

The default connector is written in PHP. You can write your own in any server language (nodeJs, ASP, ...). ie:

• create your connector file named dist/connectors.connector.asp

• Load it using the connector option:

  <script>
      document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) {
  
          var options = {
              // ...
              connector: 'asp'
          };
  
          var ft = new FileTreeBrowser('file-tree-browser-wrapper', options);
      });
  </script>

Contribute

Any new connector or cool template is welcome!

Versioning

We use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.

Authors

• Gilles Migliori - Initial work - Migliori

License

This project is licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE - see the LICENSE file for details