Nested File Manager in Angular FileManager component

18 May 2022 / 3 minutes to read

FileManager can be rendered inside the other components like Tab, Dialog, and more.

Adding file manager inside the dialog
Adding file manager inside the tab

Adding file manager inside the dialog

The following example shows the file manager component rendered inside the dialog. Click the browse button in the Uploader element to open the File Manager inside the Dialog control.

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app.component.ts

app.module.ts

main.ts

app.component.html

import { Component , ViewChild, Inject} from '@angular/core';
import { UploaderComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs';
import { DialogComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-popups';
import { FileManagerComponent, FileOpenEventArgs } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-filemanager';
import { EmitType } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

@Component({
selector: 'app-root',
styleUrls: ['app/app.component.css'],
templateUrl: 'app/app.component.html'
})
export class AppComponent {
@ViewChild('uploadObj')
public uploadObj: UploaderComponent;
@ViewChild('dialogObj')
public dialogObj: DialogComponent;
@ViewChild('filemanagerObj')
public filemanagerObj: FileManagerComponent;
public dialogHeader = 'Select a file';
public animationSettings: Object = { effect: 'None' };
public showCloseIcon = true;
public target = '#target';
public visible = false;
public dialogWidth = '850px';
public ajaxSettings: object;
public contextMenuSettings: object;
public toolbarSettings: object;
public hostUrl = 'https://ej2-aspcore-service.azurewebsites.net/';
public contextmenuItems: string[] = ['Open', '|', 'Cut', 'Copy', 'Delete', 'Rename', '|', 'Details'];

public btnClick: EmitType<object> = () => {
    this.dialogObj.show();
    this.dialogOpen();
    this.filemanagerObj.path = '/';
    this.filemanagerObj.selectedItems = [];
    this.filemanagerObj.refresh();
}

// Uploader will be hidden, if Dialog is opened
public dialogOpen: EmitType<object> = () => {
    document.getElementById('uploadFileManager').style.display = 'none';
}
// Uploader will be shown, if Dialog is closed
public dialogClose: EmitType<object> = () => {
    document.getElementById('uploadFileManager').style.display = 'block';
}

// File Manager's fileOpen event function
public onFileOpen(args: FileOpenEventArgs): void {
    let file = (args as any).fileDetails;
    if (file.isFile) {
        args.cancel = true;
        if (file.size <= 0 ) { file.size = 10000; }
        this.uploadObj.files = [{name: file.name, size: file.size, type: file.type }];
        this.dialogObj.hide();
    }
}

public ngOnInit(): void {
    this.ajaxSettings = {
        url: this.hostUrl + 'api/FileManager/FileOperations',
        getImageUrl: this.hostUrl + 'api/FileManager/GetImage',
        uploadUrl: this.hostUrl + 'api/FileManager/Upload',
        downloadUrl: this.hostUrl + 'api/FileManager/Download'
    };
    this.toolbarSettings = {
        items: ['NewFolder', 'Upload', 'Delete', 'Cut', 'Copy', 'Rename', 'SortBy', 'Refresh', 'Selection', 'View', 'Details']
    };
    this.contextMenuSettings = {
        file: this.contextmenuItems,
        folder: this.contextmenuItems
    };
    this.uploadObj.autoUpload = true;
}

public ngOnDestroy(): void {
    if (document.querySelector('.sb-demo-section').classList.contains('upload-dialog')) {
        document.querySelector('.sb-demo-section').classList.remove('upload-dialog');
    }
}
}

import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { HttpModule, JsonpModule } from '@angular/http';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { UploaderModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-inputs';
import { DialogModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-popups';
import { ButtonModule, CheckBoxModule   } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-buttons';
import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';

import { FileManagerModule, NavigationPaneService, ToolbarService, DetailsViewService  } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-filemanager';

@NgModule({
    imports: [FileManagerModule , HttpModule, JsonpModule, BrowserModule, UploaderModule , DialogModule, ButtonModule, CheckBoxModule ],
declarations: [AppComponent],
providers:[ NavigationPaneService, ToolbarService, DetailsViewService],
bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

<div class="sample-container">
    <div id='uploadFileManager' class="fileupload">
        <ejs-uploader #uploadObj id='defaultfileupload'></ejs-uploader>
        <button ejs-button id='openBtn' (click)="btnClick()">File Browser</button>
    </div>
    <div id='target' class="control-section">
        <ejs-dialog #dialogObj id='dialog' [visible]='visible' [header]='dialogHeader' [animationSettings]='animationSettings' [showCloseIcon]='showCloseIcon' (open)="dialogOpen()" (close)="dialogClose()" 
            [target]='target' [width]='dialogWidth'>
            <ejs-filemanager #filemanagerObj id='filemanager' [ajaxSettings]='ajaxSettings' [toolbarSettings]='toolbarSettings' [contextMenuSettings]='contextMenuSettings' [allowMultiSelection]='false' (fileOpen)="onFileOpen($event)">
            </ejs-filemanager>
        </ejs-dialog>
    </div>
</div>

Adding file manager inside the tab

The following example demonstrate that the file manager component is placed inside the content area of tab element.