flutter_file_explorer 0.2.1

Embedded Windows-Explorer-style file picker for Flutter desktop apps. Save, open, multi-select and directory pick — all rendered inside your app.

0.2.1

Documentation only. No code changes from 0.2.0.

• Rewrote the README as a general-purpose desktop file picker, with full usage and a complete parameter reference.
• Added dark and light screenshots, shown in the README and the pub.dev gallery.

0.2.0

Feature release.

New

• Type-to-filter recursive search of the current folder (bounded and cancellable), with results showing each match's relative location.
• View modes: Details, Large icons, and Tiles, switchable from the toolbar or via the initialViewMode parameter.
• Preview pane for the selected entry — renders images, the first 64 KB of text files, or metadata otherwise. Toggle from the toolbar.
• Hidden-files toggle. On Windows, files flagged Hidden/System are detected via the Win32 GetFileAttributesW API (not just dotfiles).
• Drag-and-drop from the OS into the dialog: drop files to select them (open modes) or pre-fill the name + folder (save mode); drop a folder to navigate into it.
• Recent locations persisted via shared_preferences and surfaced in a collapsible sidebar section.
• Status bar showing item count and selected count/size.
• Keyboard shortcuts: Esc cancels (or clears an active search) and Backspace goes up a level.
• Address-bar environment-variable expansion (%USERPROFILE%, $HOME, ~) and directory autocomplete while typing a path.
• iconBuilder callback to supply custom per-entry icons.
• Localization: every user-facing string is overridable via FileExplorerStrings.
• macOS/Linux drive enumeration (/Volumes, /media/$USER, /run/media/$USER, /mnt).

Changed

• Dropped the intl dependency in favor of a built-in date formatter.
• Added desktop_drop, shared_preferences, and ffi dependencies.

0.1.0

Initial release.

• FileExplorer.save, .open, .openMulti, .openDirectory
• Clickable breadcrumb path bar with typed-path fallback
• Quick Access sidebar (Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Pictures)
• This PC with lazy-loaded drive list
• Sortable details view (Name, Date modified, Type, Size)
• Type-to-search
• New folder
• File-type filter dropdown
• Replace-file confirmation in save mode
• Auto-appends extension based on active filter