File Browser

[Troman]

Hi,

I'm new to SWT and I'm looking for a file browser control for an Eclipse Plug-In. I know SWT has one, but it shows files in a list, what I need is 'Icon view', similar to windows explorer.

I tried googling for a custom SWT controls that would offer such functionality, but didn't find anything.

What would be the easiest way to implement a crossplatform file browser control like this? Does anyone have any tips?

[Eranga]

Are you looking an Eclipse plug-in or an application similar to explorer?

For the first part of my question, I'm not an Eclipse user. So I can't say anything about that. If you are talking about a plug-in then this is not the correct forum to discuss it. In that case I can move you to the correct place, let me know if you want and don't start a new thread again.

If you want to develop a similar application as explorer, you can use the tree view for that. Just search on the web and see a simple example.

[Troman]

Are you looking an Eclipse plug-in or an application similar to explorer?

For the first part of my question, I'm not an Eclipse user. So I can't say anything about that. If you are talking about a plug-in then this is not the correct forum to discuss it. In that case I can move you to the correct place, let me know if you want and don't start a new thread again.

I'm talking about an SWT control.

If you want to develop a similar application as explorer, you can use the tree view for that. Just search on the web and see a simple example.

You probably mean the TreeView control that is shown in explorer on the left side, that shows folders.
That's not what I meant though. I mean the one on the right, where content of the selected folder is shown. I want my SWT control to list folder content from left to right (like when you right click inside a folder and select "view->icons" from the menu in MS explorer), not in a list. I'm looking for the easiest way to implement such functionality in SWT, because none of the original SWT controls seem to support it.

[Eranga]

That mean rather than displaying folders on the tree view you want to display files(content of the folder) also. It's not possible directly I think using tree view. Try to do it custom ways, look at all members of TreeView. You may find a solution for that.

[Troman]

Allright, thank you.

[Eranga]

Read the documnet, I'm not remember in details about TreeView.