Nested Filemanager in React FileManager component

02 Feb 2023 / 1 minute 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.

Source

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App.jsx

index.jsx

index.html

index.css

App.tsx

index.tsx

import { DetailsView, Inject, FileManagerComponent, NavigationPane, Toolbar } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-filemanager';
import * as React from 'react';
import { UploaderComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-inputs';
import { DialogComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-popups';
import { ButtonComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-buttons';
function App() {
    let fileUploadObj;
    let dialogObj;
    let filemanagerObj;
    let animationSettings = { effect: 'None' };
    // 'Uploader' will be shown, if Dialog is closed
    function dialogClose() {
        document.getElementById('uploadFileManager').style.display = 'block';
    }
    // 'Uploader' will be hidden, if Dialog is opened
    function dialogOpen() {
        document.getElementById('uploadFileManager').style.display = 'none';
    }
    // File Manager's fileOpen event function
    function onFileOpen(args) {
        let file = args.fileDetails;
        if (file.isFile) {
            args.cancel = true;
            if (file.size <= 0) {
                file.size = 10000;
            }
            fileUploadObj.files = [{ name: file.name, size: file.size, type: file.type }];
            dialogObj.hide();
        }
    }
    function btnClick() {
        dialogObj.show();
        filemanagerObj.path = "/";
        filemanagerObj.selectedItems = [];
        filemanagerObj.refresh();
    }
    let hostUrl = "https://ej2-aspcore-service.azurewebsites.net/";
    let contextmenuItems = ['Open', '|', 'Cut', 'Copy', 'Delete', 'Rename', '|', 'Details'];
    return (<div>
      <div className="control-section">
          <div id='uploadFileManager' className="fileupload">
              <UploaderComponent id='fileUpload' type='file' ref={(scope) => { fileUploadObj = scope; }}></UploaderComponent>
              <ButtonComponent id="openBtn" onClick={btnClick.bind(this)}>File Browser</ButtonComponent>
          </div>
          <div id='target' className="control-section">
              <DialogComponent width='850px' id='dialog' target={'#target'} ref={(scope) => { dialogObj = scope; }} header="Select a file" showCloseIcon={true} visible={false} open={dialogOpen.bind(this)} close={dialogClose.bind(this)} animationSettings={animationSettings}>
                  <FileManagerComponent id="filemanager" ref={(scope) => { filemanagerObj = scope; }} ajaxSettings={{
        url: hostUrl + "api/FileManager/FileOperations",
        getImageUrl: hostUrl + "api/FileManager/GetImage",
        uploadUrl: hostUrl + 'api/FileManager/Upload',
        downloadUrl: hostUrl + 'api/FileManager/Download'
    }} allowMultiSelection={false} toolbarSettings={{ items: ['NewFolder', 'Upload', 'Delete', 'Cut', 'Copy', 'Rename', 'SortBy', 'Refresh', 'Selection', 'View', 'Details'] }} contextMenuSettings={{ file: contextmenuItems, folder: contextmenuItems }} fileOpen={onFileOpen.bind(this)}>
                  <Inject services={[NavigationPane, DetailsView, Toolbar]}/>
                  </FileManagerComponent>
              </DialogComponent>
          </div>
      </div>
    </div>);
}
export default App;

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import App from './App';
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('root'));

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
            
    <title>Syncfusion EJ2 React Dashboard Layout Sample</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-icons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-layouts/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-grids/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.4.48/ej2-react-filemanager/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div id='root'>
        <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

.fileupload {
  max-width: 500px;
  margin: auto;
}
#openBtn {
  position: absolute;
  top: 20px;
  left: 43%;
}
#target {
  height: 550px;
}
/* csslint ignore:start */
#dialog {
  top: 20px !important;
  max-height: 500px !important;
}

#uploadFileManager .e-file-drop, #uploadFileManager .e-css.e-btn {
  display: none;
}
/* csslint ignore:end */

import { DetailsView, Inject, FileManagerComponent, NavigationPane, Toolbar } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-filemanager';
import * as React from 'react';
import { UploaderComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-inputs';
import { DialogComponent,AnimationSettingsModel } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-popups';
import { ButtonComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-buttons';

function App() {
  let fileUploadObj: UploaderComponent;
  let dialogObj: DialogComponent;
  let filemanagerObj: FileManagerComponent; 
  let animationSettings:AnimationSettingsModel = { effect: 'None' };
   // 'Uploader' will be shown, if Dialog is closed
   function dialogClose(): void {
    document.getElementById('uploadFileManager').style.display = 'block';
  }

  // 'Uploader' will be hidden, if Dialog is opened
  function dialogOpen(): void {
    document.getElementById('uploadFileManager').style.display = 'none';
  }

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

  function btnClick(): void {
    dialogObj.show();
    filemanagerObj.path ="/";
    filemanagerObj.selectedItems =[];
    filemanagerObj.refresh();
  }
  let hostUrl: string = "https://ej2-aspcore-service.azurewebsites.net/";
  let contextmenuItems: string[] = ['Open', '|', 'Cut', 'Copy', 'Delete', 'Rename', '|', 'Details'];

  return (
    <div>
      <div className="control-section">
          <div id='uploadFileManager' className="fileupload">
              <UploaderComponent id='fileUpload' type='file' ref = {(scope) => {fileUploadObj = scope}}></UploaderComponent>
              <ButtonComponent id="openBtn"  onClick={ btnClick.bind(this) }>File Browser</ButtonComponent>
          </div>
          <div id='target' className="control-section">
              <DialogComponent width='850px' id='dialog' target={'#target'} ref={(scope) => {(dialogObj as any) = scope}} header="Select a file" showCloseIcon={true} 
                  visible={false} open={dialogOpen.bind(this)} close={dialogClose.bind(this)} animationSettings={animationSettings} >
                  <FileManagerComponent id="filemanager" ref = {(scope) => {(filemanagerObj as any) = scope}} ajaxSettings = {{
                      url: hostUrl + "api/FileManager/FileOperations",
                      getImageUrl: hostUrl + "api/FileManager/GetImage",
                      uploadUrl: hostUrl + 'api/FileManager/Upload',
                      downloadUrl: hostUrl + 'api/FileManager/Download'
                      }} allowMultiSelection={false} 
                      toolbarSettings={{ items: ['NewFolder', 'Upload', 'Delete', 'Cut', 'Copy', 'Rename', 'SortBy', 'Refresh', 'Selection', 'View', 'Details'] }} 
                      contextMenuSettings={{ file: contextmenuItems, folder: contextmenuItems }} fileOpen={onFileOpen.bind(this)}>
                  <Inject services={[ NavigationPane, DetailsView, Toolbar]} />
                  </FileManagerComponent>
              </DialogComponent>
          </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  );
}
export default App;

import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import App from './App';

ReactDOM.render( <App />, document.getElementById('root') as HTMLElement);

Adding file manager inside the tab

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