How to pick files or directory?

[BirjuVachhani]

I know we can use pickFiles() to open file picker and getDirectoryPath() to choose a directory but my use case allows user to select files or directory or both at the same time. How can I achieve this with this plugin?

For example, I also implemented drag and drop files support using desktop_drop package which supports both files and directory dropping. So when I drop things, it gives me List<XFile> where can contain directories if I have selected any. I can't do this with this plugin. A lot of native apps does this.

I have tested this on MacOS. pickFiles() doesn't allow selecting directories too. Only files.

I'd like to allow both at the same time. Can you please help?

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[BirjuVachhani]

Any updates?

[miguelpruivo]

Which platform are you trying this on?

[au2001]

@miguelpruivo I have the same use-case as OP and can confirm that exactly what they described happens when using macOS (Monterey 12.6).

With pickFiles, when highlighting a directory and clicking Choose, the directory is simply opened as if I had double-clicked it, rather than being returned.
With getDirectoryPath, all files are grayed out and thus cannot be selected. Also, it is not possible to select multiple folders at once.

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[au2001]

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[Aunali321]

@miguelpruivo can you reopen this issue?

[bobmoff]

This was immediately the first thing i realized was missing. Need a way to select a mixture of multiple files and folders in the same picker window. The native picker on macOS has support for this at least.

Without this feature, opening av picker becomes a much worse experience, compared to drag and drop. But some people are not tech savvy enough to perform a drop and drop, especially not on a small laptop where cmd+tab needs to be involved at the same time when dragging.

🤞🏻

[stephane-archer]

On MacOS with this plugin, it's impossible to select files and folders at the same time @miguelpruivo

[stephane-archer]

Now we can also address #1105 but that would require a public API change.

@orestesgaolin can we add a function for "selecting files and folders" implemented only in MacOS for now? That way we don't break the API, just add a function. What are your thoughts on this?

Also, do you know how to disable the closing bot on this issue?