ASP.NET MVC FileManager Overview

The Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC FileManager is an Explorer-like component that enables you to manage files and folders and provides you with a rich API for customization.

The component allows you to show additional information about the selected file in a Preview Pane that you can customize through templates and that you can show or hide through a switch button. The component is built entirely with Kendo UI for jQuery components: Grid, ListView, TreeView, Toolbar, and Breadcrumb.

The Telerik UI FileManager HtmlHelper for ASP.NET MVC is a server-side wrapper for the Kendo UI FileManager widget.

• Demo page for the FileManager HtmlHelper

Initializing the FileManager

The following example demonstrates the initialization of the FileManager with remote binding. The file structure is served as JSON through the FileManager DataSource object.

As of the 2022 R3 release, the Selectable mechanism has a new behavior. The Change event fires only when performing selection or deselection.

Razor

   @(Html.Kendo().FileManager()
    .Name("filemanager")
    .DataSource(ds =>
        {
            ds.Read(operation => operation
            .Type(HttpVerbs.Post)
            .Action("Read", "FileManagerData")
        );
        ds.Destroy(operation => operation
            .Type(HttpVerbs.Post)
            .Action("Destroy", "FileManagerData")
        );
        ds.Create(operation => operation
            .Type(HttpVerbs.Post)
            .Action("Create", "FileManagerData")
        );
        ds.Update(operation => operation
            .Type(HttpVerbs.Post)
            .Action("Update", "FileManagerData")
        );
    })
    .UploadUrl("Upload", "FileManagerData")   
)

C#

 // GET: /FileManager/
        private const string contentFolderRoot = "~/Content/";
        private const string prettyName = "Folders/";
        private static readonly string[] foldersToCopy = new[] { "~/Content/shared/filemanager" };


        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the base paths from which content will be served.
        /// </summary>
        public override string ContentPath
        {
            get
            {
                return CreateUserFolder();
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the valid file extensions by which served files will be filtered.
        /// </summary>
        public override string Filter
        {
            get
            {
                return "*.*";
            }
        }

        private string CreateUserFolder()
        {
            var virtualPath = Path.Combine(contentFolderRoot, "UserFiles", prettyName);

            var path = Server.MapPath(virtualPath);
            if (!Directory.Exists(path))
            {
                Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
                foreach (var sourceFolder in foldersToCopy)
                {
                    CopyFolder(Server.MapPath(sourceFolder), path);
                }
            }
            return virtualPath;
        }

        private void CopyFolder(string source, string destination)
        {
            if (!Directory.Exists(destination))
            {
                Directory.CreateDirectory(destination);
            }

            foreach (var file in Directory.EnumerateFiles(source))
            {
                var dest = Path.Combine(destination, Path.GetFileName(file));
                System.IO.File.Copy(file, dest);
            }

            foreach (var folder in Directory.EnumerateDirectories(source))
            {
                var dest = Path.Combine(destination, Path.GetFileName(folder));
                CopyFolder(folder, dest);
            }
        }

Functionality and Features

Feature	Description
Data binding	You can bind the FileManager to remote data.
ContextMenu	The FileManager enables you to easily execute FileManager commands on the selected file or folder.
Drag and Drop	The FileManager allows you to drag and drop files from the different FileManager views (GridView, ListView).
Views	The FileManager provides the Grid and List built-in views for content visualization.
Navigation	The FileManager exposes the ability to drill down to the specific file you need to manipulate.
PreviewPane	The Preview Pane in the FileManager enables you to show additional information about the selected files or folders in the view.
Search	The FileManager comes with a search panel out-of-the-box and allows you to quickly find the needed files.
Sort	FileManager provides a built-in sort functionality, which allows you to sort the files and folders.
Toolbar Commands	You can incorporate a ToolBar component that contains a variety of built-in commands.
Accessibility	The FileManager is accessible for screen readers, supports WAI-ARIA attributes, and delivers keyboard shortcuts for faster navigation.
Globalization	The FileManager supports globalization by combining the translation of component messages (localization) and their adaptation to specific cultures.

Next Steps

• Getting Start with the FileManager
• Basic Usage of the FileManager for ASP.NET MVC (Demo)

See Also

• Using the API of the FileManager for ASP.NET MVC (Demo)
• Knowledge Base Section