jQuery File manager for web

In this article, we will learn how to create a file manager for web using jQuery. It brings functionality like Windows Explorer to you web applications by enabling them to browse and manage file directories.

Following are the examples of jquery file manager for web.

Example 1:

<html>
<head>
		<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
		<title> jQuery File manager for web </title>
		<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com
<style>
*, *::before {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  position: relative;
}
*::after {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  position: relative;
}
html {
  width: 100%;
}
body {
  background: pink;
  font-family: sans-serif;
}
h1 { margin: 10px;
  font-family: arial;
  font-weight: bold;
  text-align: center;
}
h2 { margin: 10px;
  font-family: arial;
  font-weight: bold;
  text-align: center;
}
button {
  background: black;
  color: #fff;
  border: none;
  padding: 5px 10px;
  cursor: pointer;
  &:hover, &:disabled {
    background: #444;
  }
}
button:disabled {
  cursor: not-allowed;
}
.window {
  min-height: 20px;
  background: silver;
  max-width: 600px;
  margin: 20px auto;
  padding: 2px;
}
.path {
  input {
    padding: 3px;
    width: 100%;
    padding-right: 60px;
  }
  button {
    background: transparent;
    outline: none;
    color: green;
    z-index: 1;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    right: 0;
    width: 30px;
    height: 24px;
    transition: 0.2s;
    &:hover {
      background: green;
      color: white;
    }
  }
}
.controls {
  padding: 2px 0;
  text-align: center;
  user-select: none;
  button {
    font-size: 20px;
    background: transparent;
    color: black;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    margin: 1px;
    outline: none;
    &:hover:not(:disabled) {
      border: 1px solid black;
      margin: 0;
    }
    &:disabled {
      color: gray;
    }
  }
  ion-icon {
    position: relative;
    top: 2px;
    transition: 0.2s;
  }
}
.explorer {
  background: #eee;
  padding: 10px;
  height: 200px;
  overflow: auto;
  font-size: 13px;
}
.file {
  padding: 22px;
  width: 80px;
  text-align: center;
  cursor: pointer;
  float: left;
  transition: 0.2s background;
  .name {
    max-width: 100%;
    position: absolute;
    left: 50%;
    transform: translateX(-50%);
    overflow: hidden;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
    word-wrap: break-word;
    max-height: 2.3em;
  }
  &:hover {
    padding: 21px;
    border: 1px solid #ddd;
  }
}
.ico {
  width: 100%;
  height: 40px;
  border: 1px solid black;
  margin-bottom: 5px;
  border-radius: 5px;
  &-dir {
    background: goldenrod;
  }
  &-file {
    background: white;
  }
}

.file.selected {
  background: silver;
  .name {
    background: silver;
    overflow: unset;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;
    z-index: 10;
  }
}
.file.draggable {
  z-index: 1000;
  opacity: 0.7;
}
.contextmenu {
  display: none;
  background: silver;
  border: 1px solid black;
  width: 100px;
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 9000;
  overflow: hidden;
  transition: 0.2s;
  &-dir {
    width: 120px;
  }
  ul {
    list-style: none;
  }
  button {
    width: 100%;
    text-align: left;
    ion-icon {
      margin-right: .3em;
    }
    &:disabled {
      display: none;
    }
  }
}
</style>
<body>
<h1> Example </h1>
<h2> File manager for web using jquery </h2>
<div class='contextmenu contextmenu-files'>
  <ul>
    <li>
      <button id='btn-modal-copy'>
        <ion-icon name='copy'></ion-icon>
        Copy
      </button>
    </li>
    <li>
      <button id='btn-modal-cut'>
        <ion-icon name='cut'></ion-icon>
        Cut
      </button>
    </li>
    <li>
      <button id='btn-modal-del'>
        <ion-icon name='trash'></ion-icon>
        Delete
      </button>
    </li>
    <li>
      <button id='btn-modal-rename'>
        <ion-icon name='create'></ion-icon>
        Rename
      </button>
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class='contextmenu contextmenu-dir'>
  <ul>
    <li>
      <button id='btn-modal-mkdir'>
        <ion-icon name='folder'></ion-icon>
        New folder
      </button>
    </li>
    <li>
      <button id='btn-modal-mkfile'>
        <ion-icon name='document'></ion-icon>
        New file
      </button>
    </li>
    <li>
      <button disabled id='btn-modal-paste'>
        <ion-icon name='create'></ion-icon>
        Paste
      </button>
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class='window'>
  <div class='path'>
    <input id='path-input' type='text'>
    <button id='path-btn'>
      <ion-icon name='play'></ion-icon>
    </button>
  </div>
  <div class='controls'>
    <button class='controls__btn' id='btn-home'>
      <ion-icon name='home'></ion-icon>
    </button>
    <button class='controls__btn' id='btn-up'>
      <ion-icon name='arrow-round-back'></ion-icon>
    </button>
    <button class='controls__btn' id='btn-newdir'>
      <ion-icon name='folder'></ion-icon>
    </button>
    <button class='controls__btn' id='btn-newfile'>
      <ion-icon name='document'></ion-icon>
    </button>
    <button class='controls__btn' disabled id='btn-del'>
      <ion-icon name='trash'></ion-icon>
    </button>
    <button class='controls__btn' disabled id='btn-rename'>
      <ion-icon name='create'></ion-icon>
    </button>
    <button class='controls__btn' disabled id='btn-copy'>
      <ion-icon name='copy'></ion-icon>
    </button>
    <button class='controls__btn' disabled id='btn-cut'>
      <ion-icon name='cut'></ion-icon>
    </button>
    <button class='controls__btn' disabled id='btn-paste'>
      <ion-icon name='clipboard'></ion-icon>
    </button>
  </div>
  <div class='explorer'></div>
</div>
<script>
const root = [
  {
    name: 'css',
    type: 'folder',
    contains: [
      {
        name: 'style.css',
        type: 'file'
      },
      {
        name: 'header.css',
        type: 'file'
      },
      {
        name: 'footer.css',
        type: 'file'
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    name: 'js',
    type: 'folder',
    contains: [
      {
        name: 'slick',
        type: 'folder',
        contains: [
          {
            name: 'slick.min.js',
            type: 'file'
          },
          {
            name: 'slick.js',
            type: 'file'
          },
          {
            name: 'slick.css',
            type: 'file'
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        name: 'jquery',
        type: 'folder',
        contains: [
          {
            name: 'jquery.js',
            type: 'file'
          },
          {
            name: 'jquery.min.js',
            type: 'file'
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
];
let dir = root; 
let path = [root]; 
let pathString = ['..']; 
let buffer = null, 
    cutPath = ''; 
function showDir() {
  let result = []
  dir.forEach((item)=>{
    result.push(item.name);
  });
  result.sort();
  return result.join(', ');
}
function makeDir(name) {
 if (!!dir.find((i)=>i.name === name)) return false; 
  let folder = { 
    name: name,
    type: 'folder',
    contains: []
  };
  dir.push(folder); 
  return true;
}
function makeFile(name) {
  if (!!dir.find((i)=>i.name === name)) return false;
  let file = {
    name: name,
    type: 'file'
  };
    dir.push(file);
  return true;
}
function changeDir(name) {
  if (name === '..') {
    dir = root;
    path = [root];
    pathString = ['..'];
    return true;
  }
  if (name === '.') {
    if (path.length == 1) {
      dir = root;
      path = [root];
      pathString = ['..'];
    } else {
      dir = path[path.length - 1];
      path.pop();
      pathString.pop();
    }
    return true;
  }
  let newDir = dir.find((i)=>i.name === name);
  if (!!newDir && newDir.type === 'folder') {
    path.push(dir);
    pathString.push(name);
    dir = newDir.contains;
    return true;
  } 
  return false;
}
function movePath(path) {
  let arr = path.split('/');  
  arr.forEach((name)=>{
    changeDir(name);
  });
  return getPath();
}
function getPath() {
  return pathString.join('/');
}
function rename(oldname, newname) {
  let item = dir.find((i)=>i.name === oldname);
  let isExist = dir.find((i)=>i.name === newname);
  if (!!item && !isExist) {
    item.name = newname;
    return true;
  } else return false;
}

function del(name) {
  let file = dir.findIndex((i)=>i.name === name);
  if (file >= 0) dir.splice(file, 1);
}
function copy(name) {
  let selected = dir.find((i)=>i.name === name); 
  let copied = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(selected)); // ????? ??????? ?? ???????????? ???? ???????? ????????? ???????????? 8)
  buffer = copied;
}
function paste() {
  if (!buffer) return false;   
  let file = buffer,
      fileName = file.name;  
  let hasFile = !!(dir.find((i)=>i.name === fileName)); 
  if (hasFile) {
    if (file.type == 'folder') {
      file.name = file.name + ' copy';
    } else {
      let splitted = file.name.split('.');
      if (splitted.length > 1) {
        file.name = splitted.slice(0, -1).join('.') + ' copy' + '.' + splitted[splitted.length - 1];
      } else {
        file.name = file.name + ' copy';
      }
    }
  }
  if (!!cutPath) { // ??????? ?????? ?????, ???? ???? ???????
    let currentPath = getPath();
    let pathToCut = cutPath.split('/').slice(0,-1).join('/'),
        fileName = cutPath.split('/')[cutPath.split('/').length - 1];
    movePath(pathToCut);
    del(fileName);
    movePath(currentPath);
  }
  dir.push(file);
  buffer = null;
  return true;
}
function cut(name) {
  let file = dir.find((i)=>i.name === name);
  if (!!file) {
    copy(name);
    cutPath = getPath() + '/' + name;
  }
}
function move(file, to) {
  let currentDir = getPath();
  cut(file);
  movePath(to);
  paste();
  movePath(currentDir);
}
function render() {
  $('#path-input').val(getPath());
  let explorer = $('.explorer');
  explorer.html(' ');  
  let folders = dir.filter((i)=>i.type == 'folder').sort();
  let files = dir.filter((i)=>i.type == 'file').sort(); 
  folders.concat(files).forEach((item)=>{
    let type = item.type == "file" ? "file" : "dir",
        name = item.name;
        $(`<div class="file"><div class="ico ico-${type}"></div><div class="name">${name}</name></div>`);
     block.name = name;
    block.click(function(){
      select( $(this) );
  });
    block.dblclick(function(){
      unselect();
      let name = $(this).find('.name').html();
      movePath(name);
      render();
  });
    explorer.append(block);
  });  
  $('.file').draggable({
    stop: function(){
      render();
      unselect();
    },
    start: function() {
    $(this).addClass('draggable');
      select($(this));
    }
  }).droppable({
    drop: function() {
      if ($(this).find('.ico-file')[0]) return;
      let dirname = $(this).find('.name').html();
      move(selected, dirname);
    }
  });
}
render();
let selected = null;
function select(elem) {
  $('.selected').removeClass('selected');
  elem.addClass('selected');
  let name = elem.find('.name').html();
  selected = name;
  $('#btn-del, #btn-rename, #btn-copy, #btn-cut').prop('disabled', false);
}
function unselect() {
  selected = null;
  $('.selected').removeClass('selected');
  $('#btn-del, #btn-rename, #btn-copy, #btn-cut').prop('disabled', true);
  hideContext();
}
$('#path-btn').click(()=>{ 
  let path = $('#path-input').val();
  movePath(path);
  render();
});
$('#btn-home').click(()=>{ 
  movePath('..');
  render();
});
$('#btn-up').click(()=>{ 
  movePath('.');
  render();
});
$('#btn-newdir, #btn-modal-mkdir').click(()=>{ 
  let dirname = prompt('Directory name:', 'New Folder');
  if (dirname) {
    makeDir(dirname);
    render();
  }
});
$('#btn-newfile, #btn-modal-mkfile').click(()=>{ 
  let filename = prompt('File name:', 'New File.txt');
  if (filename) {
    makeFile(filename);
    render();
  }
});
$('#btn-del, #btn-modal-del').click(()=>{ 
  del(selected);
  render();
  unselect();
});
$('#btn-copy, #btn-modal-copy').click(()=>{ 
  copy(selected);
  $('#btn-paste, #btn-modal-paste').prop('disabled', false);
});
$('#btn-cut, #btn-modal-cut').click(()=>{ 
  cut(selected);
  $('#btn-paste, #btn-modal-paste').prop('disabled', false);
});
$('#btn-paste, #btn-modal-paste').click(()=>{
  paste();
  render();
  unselect();
  $('#btn-paste, #btn-modal-paste').prop('disabled', true);
});
$('#btn-rename, #btn-modal-rename').click(()=>{ 
  let newName = prompt('New name:', selected);
  if (newName) {
    rename(selected, newName);
    unselect();
    render();
  }
});
$('.explorer').click((e)=>{ 
   if (!e.target.closest('.file')) {
     unselect();
   }
});
let contextOpened = 0;
$('.explorer').contextmenu(function(e){
  e.preventDefault();
  unselect();
  let menu;  
  if (!e.target.closest('.file')) {
    menu = $('.contextmenu-dir');
  } else {
    menu = $('.contextmenu-files');
    e.target.click();
  }
  let x = e.pageX;
  let y = e.pageY; 
  showContext(menu, x, y);  
});
function showContext(elem, x, y) {
  if (contextOpened) {
    hideContext(show);
  } else {
    show();
  }
  function show() {
    elem.css({
        'top': y,
        'left': x
      }).slideDown("fast");
    contextOpened = 1;
  }
}

function hideContext(cb) {
  if (!cb) cb = function(){}; 
  $('.contextmenu').each(function(){
    $(this).slideUp("fast", cb);
  });
  contextOpened = 0;
}
$('.contextmenu').click(()=>{
  hideContext();
})
</script>
</body>
</html>

Explanation:

In the above example, we created a file manager for web using jQuery.

Output:

Following is the output of this example.

Example 2:

<html>
<head>
		<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
		<title> jQuery File manager for web </title>
		<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com
<style>
body {
  background: pink;
  font-family: sans-serif;
}
h1 { margin: 10px;
  font-family: arial;
  font-weight: bold;
  text-align: center;
}
h2 { margin: 10px;
  font-family: arial;
  font-weight: bold;
  text-align: center;
}
body {
	margin: 0;
  font-size: 12px;
}
.browser {
	width: 300px;
	height: 200px;
	border: 1px solid gray;
  float: left;
  margin: 20px;
}
.browser.selected {
	border-color: blue;
}
.browser-widget li.file,
.browser-widget li.directory {
    width: 60px;
}
</style>
<body>
<h1> Example </h1>
<h2> File manager for web using jquery </h2>
<div class="browser"> </div>
</body>
<script>
(function($) {
  var env = {
    'foo': {
      'foo.txt': 'foo.txt content',
      'bar.txt': 'bar.txt content'
    },
    'bar': {
      'page.html': '<html></html>',
      'style.css': 'body { overflow: scroll; }',
      baz: {
        'foo.txt': 'Hello'
      }
    },
    'baz.txt': 'baz.txt content',
    'quux.txt': 'quux.txt content',
    'lorem.svg': 'lorem.svg content',
    'ipsum.doc': 'ipsum.doc content',
    'dolor.txt': 'dolor.txt content',
    'sit.jpg': 'sit.jpg content',
    'amet.gif': 'amet.gif content'
  };
  function get(path) {
    var current = env;
    browser.walk(path, function(file) {
      current = current[file];
    });
    return current;
  }
  function remove(src) {
    var file = env;
    browser.walk(src, function(part, last) {
      var src = file[part];
      if (last) {
        delete file[part];
      }
      file = src;
    });
  }
  function process(src, dest, remove) {
    console.log('process ' + src + ' => ' + dest);
    var file = env;
    var name;
    browser.walk(src, function(part, last) {
      var src = file[part];
      if (last) {
        if (remove) {
          delete file[part];
        }
      }
      file = src;
    });
    var current = env;
    browser.walk(dest, function(part, last) {
      if (!last) {
        current = current[part];
      } else {
        name = part;
      }
    });
    current[name] = file;
    var defer = $.Deferred();
    setTimeout(function() {
      defer.resolve();
    }, 1000);
    return defer.promise();
  }
  function upload(file, path) {
    var current = env;
    browser.walk(path, function(part) {
      if (!current[part]) {
        current[part] = {}; 
      }
      current = current[part];
    });
    current[file.name] = 'new file ' + file.name;
    console.log('upload ' + file.name + ' to ' + path + ' directory');
    return $.when(true); // resolved promise
  }
  $('.browser').browse({
    root: '/',
    separator: '/',
    contextmenu: true,
    name: 'filestystem',
    menu: function(type) {
      if (type == 'li') {
        return {
          'play': function($li) {
            alert('winamp play "' + $li.text() + '"');
          },
          'add to playlist': function($li) {
            alert('playlist "' + $li.text() + '"');
          }
        }
      }
    },
    remove: function(src) {
      remove(src);
    },
    rename: function(src, dest) {
      return process(src, dest, true);
    },
    refresh_timer: 0,
    copy: process,
    dir: function(path) {
      dir = get(path);
      var result;
      if ($.isPlainObject(dir)) {
        result = {files:[], dirs: []};
        Object.keys(dir).forEach(function(key) {
          if (typeof dir[key] == 'string') {
            result.files.push(key);
          } else if ($.isPlainObject(dir[key])) {
            result.dirs.push(key);
          }
        });
      }
      return $.when(result); // resolved promise
    },
    upload: function(file, path) {
      return upload(file, path);
    },
    open: function(filename) {
      var file = get(filename);
      if (typeof file == 'string') {
        alert(file);
      }
    }
  });
  var browser = $('.browser').eq(0).browse();
})(jQuery);

github('jcubic/jquery.filebrowser');
(function($) {
  var env = {
    'foo': {
      'foo.txt': 'foo.txt content',
      'bar.txt': 'bar.txt content'
    },
    'bar': {
      'page.html': '<html></html>',
      'style.css': 'body { overflow: scroll; }',
      baz: {
        'foo.txt': 'Hello'
      }
    },
    'baz.txt': 'baz.txt content',
    'quux.txt': 'quux.txt content',
    'lorem.svg': 'lorem.svg content',
    'ipsum.doc': 'ipsum.doc content',
    'dolor.txt': 'dolor.txt content',
    'sit.jpg': 'sit.jpg content',
    'amet.gif': 'amet.gif content'
  };
  function get(path) {
    var current = env;
    browser.walk(path, function(file) {
      current = current[file];
    });
    return current;
  }
  function remove(src) {
    var file = env;
    browser.walk(src, function(part, last) {
      var src = file[part];
      if (last) {
        delete file[part];
      }
      file = src;
    });
  }
  function process(src, dest, remove) {
    console.log('process ' + src + ' => ' + dest);
    var file = env;
    var name;
    browser.walk(src, function(part, last) {
      var src = file[part];
      if (last) {
        if (remove) {
          delete file[part];
        }
      }
      file = src;
    });
    var current = env;
    browser.walk(dest, function(part, last) {
      if (!last) {
        current = current[part];
      } else {
        name = part;
      }
    });
    current[name] = file;
    var defer = $.Deferred();
    setTimeout(function() {
      defer.resolve();
    }, 1000);
    return defer.promise();
  }
  function upload(file, path) {
    var current = env;
    browser.walk(path, function(part) {
      if (!current[part]) {
        current[part] = {}; 
      }
      current = current[part];
    });
    current[file.name] = 'new file ' + file.name;
    console.log('upload ' + file.name + ' to ' + path + ' directory');
    return $.when(true); 
  }
  $('.browser').browse({
    root: '/',
    separator: '/',
    contextmenu: true,
    name: 'filestystem',
    menu: function(type) {
      if (type == 'li') {
        return {
          'play': function($li) {
            alert('winamp play "' + $li.text() + '"');
          },
          'add to playlist': function($li) {
            alert('playlist "' + $li.text() + '"');
          }
        }
      }
    },
    remove: function(src) {
      remove(src);
    },
    rename: function(src, dest) {
      return process(src, dest, true);
    },
    refresh_timer: 0,
    copy: process,
    dir: function(path) {
      dir = get(path);
      var result;
      if ($.isPlainObject(dir)) {
        result = {files:[], dirs: []};
        Object.keys(dir).forEach(function(key) {
          if (typeof dir[key] == 'string') {
            result.files.push(key);
          } else if ($.isPlainObject(dir[key])) {
            result.dirs.push(key);
          }
        });
      }
      return $.when(result); 
    },
    upload: function(file, path) {
      return upload(file, path);
    },
    open: function(filename) {
      var file = get(filename);
      if (typeof file == 'string') {
        alert(file);
      }
    }
  });
  var browser = $('.browser').eq(0).browse();
})(jQuery);
</script>
</body>
</html>

Explanation:

In the above example, we created a file manager for web using jQuery.

Output:

Following is the output of this example.

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