Angular FileManager Properties

Default Value: null

The value of this option will be passed to the accesskey attribute of the HTML element that underlies the widget.

activeStateEnabled

Specifies whether or not the widget changes its state when interacting with a user.

Type:

Default Value: false

This option is used when the widget is displayed on a platform whose guidelines include the active state change for widgets.

customizeDetailColumns

Customizes columns in details view. Applies only if itemView.mode is "details".

Type:

Function parameters:

columns:

Array<DataGrid Column>

The columns before customization.

Return Value:

Array<DataGrid Column>

The columns after customization.

jQuery

index.js

$(function() {
    $("#fileManagerContainer").dxFileManager({
        // ...
        customizeDetailColumns: function(columns) {
            // ...
            // Customize the "columns" array objects here
            // ...
            return columns;
        }
    });
});

Angular

app.component.html

app.component.ts

app.module.ts

<dx-file-manager ...
    [customizeDetailColumns]="fileManager_customizeDetailColumns">
</dx-file-manager>

import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    templateUrl: './app.component.html',
    styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent {
    // Uncomment the following lines if the function should be executed in the component's context
    // constructor() {
    //     this.fileManager_customizeDetailColumns = this.fileManager_customizeDetailColumns.bind(this);
    // }

    fileManager_customizeDetailColumns(columns) {
        // ...
        // Customize the "columns" array objects here
        // ...
        return columns;
    }
}

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

import { DxFileManagerModule } from 'devextreme-angular';

@NgModule({
    declarations: [
        AppComponent
    ],
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        DxFileManagerModule
    ],
    providers: [],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

Vue

App.vue

<template>
    <DxFileManager ...
        :customize-detail-columns="fileManager_customizeDetailColumns"
    />
</template>

<script>
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.common.css';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import DxFileManager from 'devextreme-vue/file-manager';

export default {
    components: {
        DxFileManager
    },
    methods: {
        fileManager_customizeDetailColumns(columns) {
            // ...
            // Customize the "columns" array objects here
            // ...
            return columns;
        }
    }
}
</script>

React

App.js

import React from 'react';

import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.common.css';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import FileManager from 'devextreme-react/file-manager';

class App extends React.Component {
    // Uncomment the following lines if the function should be executed in the component's context
    // constructor(props) {
    //     super(props);
    //     this.fileManager_customizeDetailColumns = this.fileManager_customizeDetailColumns.bind(this);
    // }

    fileManager_customizeDetailColumns(columns) {
        // ...
        // Customize the "columns" array objects here
        // ...
        return columns;
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <FileManager ...
                customizeDetailColumns={this.fileManager_customizeDetailColumns}
            />
        );
    }
}
export default App;

customizeThumbnail

Allows you to provide custom icons to be used as thumbnails.

Type:

Function parameters:

fileItem:

File or folder parameters.

Return Value:

An icon to use as a thumbnail.

This function should return one of the following:

The icon's URL
The icon's name if the icon is from the DevExtreme icon library
The icon's CSS class if the icon is from an external icon library (see External Icon Libraries)
The icon in the Base64 format

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disabled

Specifies whether the widget responds to user interaction.

Type:

Default Value: false

elementAttr

Specifies the attributes to be attached to the widget's root element.

Type:

Default Value: {}

jQuery

$(function(){
    $("#fileManagerContainer").dxFileManager({
        // ...
        elementAttr: {
            id: "elementId",
            class: "class-name"
        }
    });
});

Angular

HTML

TypeScript

<dx-file-manager ...
    [elementAttr]="{ id: 'elementId', class: 'class-name' }">
</dx-file-manager>

import { DxFileManagerModule } from "devextreme-angular";
// ...
export class AppComponent {
    // ...
}
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        // ...
        DxFileManagerModule
    ],
    // ...
})

ASP.NET MVC Controls

Razor C#

Razor VB

@(Html.DevExtreme().FileManager()
    .ElementAttr("class", "class-name")
    // ===== or =====
    .ElementAttr(new {
        @id = "elementId",
        @class = "class-name"
    })
    // ===== or =====
    .ElementAttr(new Dictionary<string, object>() {
        { "id", "elementId" },
        { "class", "class-name" }
    })

)

@(Html.DevExtreme().FileManager() _
    .ElementAttr("class", "class-name")
    ' ===== or =====
    .ElementAttr(New With {
        .id = "elementId",
        .class = "class-name"
    })
    ' ===== or =====
    .ElementAttr(New Dictionary(Of String, Object) From {
        { "id", "elementId" },
        { "class", "class-name" }
    })
)

fileProvider

Specifies the file provider.

Type:

Default Value: null

File providers are components that provide APIs used to access and modify virtual file systems.

Refer to File Providers for information on supported file providers.

focusStateEnabled

Specifies whether the widget can be focused using keyboard navigation.

Type:

Default Value: false

height

Specifies the widget's height.

Type:

|

|

Return Value:

|

The widget's height.

Default Value: undefined

This option accepts a value of one of the following types:

Number
The height in pixels.
String
A CSS-accepted measurement of height. For example, "55px", "80%", "inherit".
Function
A function returning either of the above. For example:
JavaScript
```
height: function() {
    return window.innerHeight / 1.5;
}
```

hint

Specifies text for a hint that appears when a user pauses on the widget.

Type:

Default Value: undefined

hoverStateEnabled

Specifies whether the widget changes its state when a user pauses on it.

Type:

Default Value: false

itemView

Configures the file and folder view.

Type:

Default Value: null

onContentReady

A function that is executed when the widget's content is ready and each time the content is changed.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name

Type

Description

component

FileManager

The widget's instance.

element

HTMLElement | jQuery

The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

model

The model data. Available only when using Knockout.

Default Value: null

onDisposing

A function that is executed before the widget is disposed of.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name

Type

Description

component

FileManager

The widget's instance.

element

HTMLElement | jQuery

The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

model

The model data. Available only if you use Knockout.

Default Value: null

onInitialized

A function used in JavaScript frameworks to save the widget instance.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name

Type

Description

component

FileManager

The widget's instance.

element

HTMLElement | jQuery

The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.

Default Value: null

onOptionChanged

A function that is executed after a widget option is changed.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
model	Object	The model data. Available only if you use Knockout.
fullName	String	The path to the modified option that includes all parent options.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
component	FileManager	The widget's instance.
name	String	The modified option if it belongs to the first level. Otherwise, the first-level option it is nested into.
value	any	The modified option's new value.

Default Value: null

onSelectedFileOpened

A function that is executed when the selected file is opened.

Type:

Function parameters:

e:

Information about the event that caused the function's execution.

Object structure:

Name	Type	Description
component	FileManager	The widget's instance.
element	HTMLElement \| jQuery	The widget's container. It is an HTML Element or a jQuery Element when you use jQuery.
fileItem	Object	File parameters.
model	Object	The model data. Available only if you use Knockout.

Default Value: null

jQuery

index.js

$(function() {
    $("#fileManagerContainer").dxFileManager({
        // ...
        onSelectedFileOpened: function(e) {
            // Your code goes here
        }
    });
});

Angular

app.component.html

app.component.ts

app.module.ts

<dx-file-manager ...
    (onSelectedFileOpened)="fileManager_onSelectedFileOpened($event)">
</dx-file-manager>

import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    templateUrl: './app.component.html',
    styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent {
    fileManager_onSelectedFileOpened(e) {
        // Your code goes here
    }
}

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

import { DxFileManagerModule } from 'devextreme-angular';

@NgModule({
    declarations: [
        AppComponent
    ],
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
        DxFileManagerModule
    ],
    providers: [],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

Vue

App.vue

<template>
    <DxFileManager ...
        :selected-file-opened="fileManager_onSelectedFileOpened"
    />
</template>

<script>
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.common.css';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import DxFileManager from 'devextreme-vue/file-manager';

export default {
    components: {
        DxFileManager
    },
    methods: {
        fileManager_onSelectedFileOpened(e) {
            // Your code goes here
        }
    }
}
</script>

React

App.js

import React from 'react';

import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.common.css';
import 'devextreme/dist/css/dx.light.css';

import FileManager from 'devextreme-react/file-manager';

class App extends React.Component {
    fileManager_onSelectedFileOpened(e) {
        // Your code goes here
    }

    render() {
        return (
            <FileManager ...
                onSelectedFileOpened={this.fileManager_onSelectedFileOpened}
            />
        );
    }
}
export default App;

permissions

Specifies actions that a user is allowed to perform on files and folders.

Type:

rtlEnabled

Switches the widget to a right-to-left representation.

Type:

Default Value: false

When this option is set to true, the widget text flows from right to left, and the layout of elements is reversed. To switch the entire application/site to the right-to-left representation, assign true to the rtlEnabled field of the object passed to the DevExpress.config(config) method.

JavaScript

DevExpress.config({
    rtlEnabled: true
});

selectionMode

Specifies whether a user can select a single or multiple files and folders in the item view simultaneously.

Type:

Default Value: 'multiple'

Accepted Values: 'multiple' | 'single'

tabIndex

Specifies the number of the element when the Tab key is used for navigating.

Type:

Number

Default Value: 0

The value of this option will be passed to the tabindex attribute of the HTML element that underlies the widget.

visible

Specifies whether the widget is visible.

Type: