WPF File System Controls

A collection of themeable WPF/MVVM File System Controls similar to some parts (folder tree view, folder and file list view with filter) of Windows (7-10) Explorer.. Please review the WiKi for screenshots and more details.

This project contains the source code for an implementation of controls that are related to browsing files within an existing application. Go to: https://github.com/Dirkster99/Edi to see the controls in full action (see Explorer tool window) or review this CodeProject article to learn more.

A closely related project is the HistoryControlLib project which is also (via NuGet) part of the test applications in this repository.

• FolderBrowser
• FileListView
• FilterControlsLib
• FileSystemModels
• FolderControlsLib

The project source code in this repository contains the above control projects and also demos these features:

• A folder browser control to browse folders with a treeview in your file system

  • see: FolderBrowser/FolderBrowser/ViewModels/FolderViewModel.cs and FolderBrowser/FolderBrowser/Views/FolderBrowserView.xaml
  • see /FolderBrowser/FolderBrowser/Readme.txt for more details

• A path combobox control that lets you:

  • enter a path (with copy and paste) or
  • pick drives from a drop down list of currently recognized drives.
  • see: FileListView/ViewModels/FolderComboBoxViewModel.cs and FileListView/Views/FolderComboBox.xaml

• A folder and file listview control to list items within a given folder

  • see FileListView/ViewModels/FileListViewModel.cs and FileListView/Views/FListView.xaml

• A folder bookmark drop down list control to bookmark and quick access recently visited folders

  • see also: https://github.com/Dirkster99/DropDownButtonLib

• A text overlay edit-in-place textbox that is shown when a user renames or creates a new folder:

  • see: https://github.com/Dirkster99/InplaceEditBoxLib

Other features include:

• A forward and backward history control to navigated back and forth between recently visited folders
• A set of folder short-cut buttons to navigate directly to a folder.

Build Status of NuGet Demo Appliactions

• Explorer (NuGet Demo Application)

• Themed Explorer (NuGet Demo Application)

Limitations

• Universal Control (UNC) network share paths are not supported

• Support for drives with exchangeable media (CD-ROM, USB Drive) is limited. Everything should work as expected but exchanging the media will not lead to updating displayed folder and file entries.