Files · Explorer: a folder as a list, tiles or columns, with one path and one order

FileExplorer shows the folder at the end of a path three ways: the
directory listing, a grid of tiles, or a column per folder along the
path with the next folder lit. Its name, its count and a switch of views
sit above one path bar that climbs. A folder opens in place; a file goes
to the host, which lists each folder it goes to. A pick in an earlier
column closes the columns past it, and a new deepest column scrolls into
view. The directory listing takes its pick from its owner and reports
it, so the pick carries across views; its path bar and its first order
are shared. The gallery walks a small file system and shows the tree,
the context menu, renaming in place and a drop zone in use.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

AGENTS.md

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ Ely GPUI Component. A component library for GPUI, in light and dark.
 - gpui 0.2.2's `line_clamp` wraps once and lays the rest on the last line, cut hard; centered, it loses both ends. A name whose ends matter is a `typography::MiddleEllipsis` on one line (`files::FileGrid`).
 - Set an explicit line height on any box that clips text. gpui's default leading is taller than a tight box, and the clip eats descenders.
 - gpui's `img` takes its picture's pixel size for any `Auto` side, and its aspect ratio beats percent heights in flow. `Image` pins it absolute at full size, so an `Image` needs a sized box.
+- A folder's path over its entries is `lists::path_bar`, and its first order is `lists::listed`, folders first by name: DirectoryListing and FileExplorer share both, so every view shows one path and one order.
 - A file's icon comes from `primitives::file_icon`, one map from name to icon for every chapter; `files::FileIcon` draws it. What fits across a width comes from `layout::columns_for`, and `layout::fit` adds the inset that centers it.
 - Badges, tags and avatars live in `data_display`; forms and shell draw theirs from there, and `data_display` imports neither. Avatars take square pictures.
 - A picture drawn in code reaches gpui as a `RenderImage`. A host that replaces one frees the old through `App::drop_image`, or every frame stays in the sprite atlas (the gallery's model).

TASKS.md

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Per-component lines live in `tasks/`. Tags there:
 - [x] T26c Media · Video
 - [x] T26d Media · Audio and controls
 - [x] T26e Media · Capture and devices
-- [ ] T27a Files · Items
+- [x] T27a Files · Items
 - [ ] T27b Files · Explorer
 - [ ] T27c Files · Find and look
 - [ ] T27d Files · Transfers
@@ -322,3 +322,4 @@ Per-component lines live in `tasks/`. Tags there:
 | T26e | 1 | FAIL | an option list had no width limit, so a long device name ran it past the window |
 | T26e | 2 | PASS | |
 | T27a | 1 | FAIL | a tile's long name leaned on gpui's line_clamp, which cut its second line at both ends and lost the extension |
+| T27a | 2 | PASS | |

assets/icons/columns-3.svg

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<!-- @license lucide-static v1.48.0 - ISC -->
+<svg
+  class="lucide lucide-columns-3"
+  xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+  width="24"
+  height="24"
+  viewBox="0 0 24 24"
+  fill="none"
+  stroke="currentColor"
+  stroke-width="2"
+  stroke-linecap="round"
+  stroke-linejoin="round"
+>
+  <rect width="18" height="18" x="3" y="3" rx="2" />
+  <path d="M9 3v18" />
+  <path d="M15 3v18" />
+</svg>

examples/gallery/pages/files/actions.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+use ely_gpui_component::{
+    files::{FileGrid, FileIcon, FileItem},
+    forms::{DropZone, InlineEdit},
+    lists::{DirEntry, SelectableList},
+    menus::{ContextMenu, Menu, MenuItem},
+    primitives::IconName,
+};
+use gpui::{App, IntoElement, ParentElement, SharedString, Styled, Window, div, px};
+use jiff::Timestamp;
+
+use crate::{
+    probe::probe,
+    ui::{change, keep, section},
+};
+
+pub fn context_menu(cx: &mut App) -> impl IntoElement + use<> {
+    let item = |label: &'static str, icon: IconName| {
+        MenuItem::new(label)
+            .icon(icon)
+            .on_click(move |_, _| log::info!("gallery: {label}"))
+    };
+    let menu = Menu::new()
+        .item(item("Open", IconName::FolderOpen))
+        .item(item("Rename", IconName::PenLine))
+        .item(item("Duplicate", IconName::Copy))
+        .separator()
+        .item(item("Move to Trash", IconName::Trash2));
+    section(
+        "FileContextMenu",
+        "What a right press on files offers, as menus::ContextMenu draws it: open, rename, duplicate, and the trash apart.",
+        cx,
+    )
+    .child(probe(
+        "files-context",
+        div().w(px(640.)).child(
+            ContextMenu::new("files-context", menu)
+                .child(FileGrid::new("files-context-grid", super::entries().into_iter().take(6))),
+        ),
+    ))
+}
+
+pub fn rename(window: &mut Window, cx: &mut App) -> impl IntoElement + use<> {
+    let name = keep(
+        "files-rename",
+        || SharedString::from("Brief.md"),
+        window,
+        cx,
+    );
+    let now = name.read(cx).clone();
+    section(
+        "RenameInline",
+        "A name edited in place, as forms::InlineEdit does it: a press or Enter edits, Enter keeps and Escape drops; the icon follows the new name.",
+        cx,
+    )
+    .child(probe(
+        "files-rename",
+        div()
+            .w(px(320.))
+            .flex()
+            .items_center()
+            .gap_2()
+            .child(FileIcon::file(&now))
+            .child(div().flex_1().min_w_0().child(
+                InlineEdit::new("files-rename", now).on_commit(move |text, _, cx| {
+                    change(&name, cx, |name| *name = text.clone())
+                }),
+            )),
+    ))
+}
+
+pub fn drop_files(window: &mut Window, cx: &mut App) -> impl IntoElement + use<> {
+    let dropped = keep("files-dropped", Vec::<DirEntry>::new, window, cx);
+    let now = dropped.read(cx).clone();
+    let take = dropped.clone();
+    let list = now
+        .iter()
+        .fold(SelectableList::new("files-dropped"), |list, entry| {
+            let key = entry.name().clone();
+            let id = SharedString::from(format!("files-dropped-{key}"));
+            list.row(key, FileItem::new(id, entry.clone()).into())
+        });
+    section(
+        "DragDropFiles",
+        "Files dropped in, as forms::DropZone takes them; each lands in the list below.",
+        cx,
+    )
+    .child(probe(
+        "files-drop",
+        div()
+            .w(px(420.))
+            .flex()
+            .flex_col()
+            .gap_3()
+            .child(
+                DropZone::new("files-drop")
+                    .multiple()
+                    .hint("Any kind of file")
+                    .on_drop(move |paths, _, cx| {
+                        let entries = paths.iter().map(|path| {
+                            let bytes = path.metadata().expect("a dropped file reads").len();
+                            let name = path.file_name().expect("a file name");
+                            DirEntry::file(
+                                name.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+                                bytes,
+                                Timestamp::now(),
+                            )
+                        });
+                        let entries: Vec<DirEntry> = entries.collect();
+                        change(&take, cx, |dropped| {
+                            for entry in entries {
+                                if !dropped.iter().any(|kept| kept.name() == entry.name()) {
+                                    dropped.push(entry);
+                                }
+                            }
+                        })
+                    }),
+            )
+            .child(list),
+    ))
+}

examples/gallery/pages/files/explorer.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+use ely_gpui_component::{
+    files::{FileExplorer, FileView},
+    lists::{DirEntry, FileTree},
+};
+use gpui::{App, IntoElement, ParentElement, SharedString, Styled, Window, div, px};
+use jiff::{Timestamp, ToSpan};
+
+use crate::{
+    probe::probe,
+    ui::{change, keep, section},
+};
+
+/// What the demo's folder at `path` holds, the root first.
+pub fn listing(path: &[SharedString]) -> Vec<DirEntry> {
+    let now = Timestamp::now();
+    let file = |name: &str, bytes: u64, hours: i64| {
+        DirEntry::file(name.to_string(), bytes, now - hours.hours())
+    };
+    let folder = |name: &str, hours: i64| DirEntry::folder(name.to_string(), now - hours.hours());
+    let joined: Vec<&str> = path.iter().map(|level| level.as_ref()).collect();
+    match joined.join("/").as_str() {
+        "Home" => vec![
+            folder("Projects", 2),
+            folder("Documents", 30),
+            folder("Music", 400),
+            file("Notes.txt", 1_200, 5),
+        ],
+        "Home/Projects" => vec![
+            folder("Atrium", 1),
+            folder("Dunes", 90),
+            file("Roadmap.md", 6_400, 20),
+        ],
+        "Home/Projects/Atrium" => super::entries(),
+        "Home/Projects/Atrium/Design" => vec![
+            file("Moodboard.png", 3_200_000, 4),
+            file("Palette.json", 2_100, 8),
+            file("Display.ttf", 180_000, 300),
+        ],
+        "Home/Projects/Atrium/Recordings" => vec![
+            file("Walkthrough.mov", 184_000_000, 120),
+            file("Voiceover.m4a", 12_000_000, 60),
+        ],
+        "Home/Projects/Dunes" => vec![
+            file("Survey.csv", 42_000, 100),
+            file("Dunes.jpg", 2_800_000, 200),
+        ],
+        "Home/Documents" => vec![
+            file("Invoice.pdf", 88_000, 40),
+            file("Contract.docx", 64_000, 700),
+        ],
+        "Home/Music" => vec![
+            file("Theme.mp3", 7_400_000, 800),
+            file("Ambient.flac", 31_000_000, 900),
+        ],
+        other => panic!("the demo has no folder {other}"),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Where the demo's explorer stands, how it shows it, and its pick.
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct Browsing {
+    path: Vec<SharedString>,
+    view: FileView,
+    selected: Option<SharedString>,
+}
+
+pub fn explorer(window: &mut Window, cx: &mut App) -> impl IntoElement + use<> {
+    let state = keep(
+        "files-explorer",
+        || Browsing {
+            path: ["Home", "Projects", "Atrium"]
+                .map(SharedString::from)
+                .to_vec(),
+            view: FileView::Columns,
+            selected: None,
+        },
+        window,
+        cx,
+    );
+    let now = state.read(cx).clone();
+    let levels = (1..=now.path.len()).map(|depth| listing(&now.path[..depth]));
+    let (view, go, pick) = (state.clone(), state.clone(), state);
+    let explorer = FileExplorer::new("files-explorer", now.path.clone(), levels, now.view)
+        .on_view(move |to, _, cx| change(&view, cx, |it| it.view = to))
+        .on_navigate(move |path, _, cx| {
+            change(&go, cx, |it| {
+                it.path = path.to_vec();
+                it.selected = None;
+            })
+        })
+        .on_select(move |name, _, cx| change(&pick, cx, |it| it.selected = Some(name.clone())))
+        .on_open(|entry, _, _| log::info!("gallery: open {}", entry.name()));
+    let explorer = match now.selected {
+        Some(name) => explorer.selected(name),
+        None => explorer,
+    };
+    section(
+        "FileExplorer",
+        "A folder three ways: a list that sorts by column, tiles, or columns that walk the path. Its name, its count and a switch sit above the path, which climbs; a folder opens in place.",
+        cx,
+    )
+    .child(probe("files-explorer", div().w(px(640.)).child(explorer)))
+}
+
+/// Every file of the demo under `path`, by its path below the root.
+fn files_under(path: Vec<SharedString>, out: &mut Vec<String>) {
+    for entry in listing(&path) {
+        let mut next = path.clone();
+        next.push(entry.name().clone());
+        if entry.is_folder() {
+            files_under(next, out);
+        } else {
+            let below: Vec<&str> = next[1..].iter().map(|level| level.as_ref()).collect();
+            out.push(below.join("/"));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn tree(cx: &mut App) -> impl IntoElement + use<> {
+    let mut paths = Vec::new();
+    files_under(vec!["Home".into()], &mut paths);
+    section(
+        "FolderTree",
+        "The same folders as lists::FileTree draws them: folders first, a filter above, Enter or a double press opens a file.",
+        cx,
+    )
+    .child(probe(
+        "files-tree",
+        div().w(px(320.)).h(px(320.)).child(
+            FileTree::new("files-tree", paths)
+                .size_full()
+                .on_open(|path, _, _| log::info!("gallery: open {path}")),
+        ),
+    ))
+}

examples/gallery/pages/files/mod.rs

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ use ely_gpui_component::{
 use gpui::{AnyElement, App, IntoElement, ParentElement, SharedString, Styled, Window, div, px};
 use jiff::{Timestamp, ToSpan};
 
+mod actions;
+mod explorer;
+
 use super::Page;
 use crate::{
     probe::probe,
@@ -29,10 +32,29 @@ const SCRIPT: &[Step] = &[
     Step::Key("down"),
     Step::Wait(200),
     Step::Shot("grid-picked"),
+    Step::DownAt("files-explorer", 515.0, 14.0),
+    Step::UpAt("files-explorer", 515.0, 14.0),
+    Step::Wait(300),
+    Step::Shot("explorer-icons"),
+    Step::DownAt("files-explorer", 48.0, 120.0),
+    Step::UpAt("files-explorer", 48.0, 120.0),
+    Step::Key("enter"),
+    Step::Wait(300),
+    Step::Shot("explorer-into"),
+    Step::RightAt("files-context", 150.0, 50.0),
+    Step::Wait(300),
+    Step::Shot("context-menu"),
+    Step::Key("escape"),
+    Step::DownAt("files-rename", 80.0, 14.0),
+    Step::UpAt("files-rename", 80.0, 14.0),
+    Step::Type("Brief notes.md"),
+    Step::Key("enter"),
+    Step::Wait(300),
+    Step::Shot("renamed"),
 ];
 
 /// A project's entries, changed a few hours to a few weeks ago.
-fn entries() -> Vec<DirEntry> {
+pub fn entries() -> Vec<DirEntry> {
     let now = Timestamp::now();
     let ago = |hours: i64| now - hours.hours();
     vec![
@@ -170,5 +192,10 @@ fn render(window: &mut Window, cx: &mut App) -> AnyElement {
         .child(items(window, cx))
         .child(listing(cx))
         .child(grid(window, cx))
+        .child(explorer::explorer(window, cx))
+        .child(explorer::tree(cx))
+        .child(actions::context_menu(cx))
+        .child(actions::rename(window, cx))
+        .child(actions::drop_files(window, cx))
         .into_any_element()
 }

src/files/columns.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+use std::rc::Rc;
+
+use gpui::{
+    App, ElementId, InteractiveElement, IntoElement, ParentElement, ScrollHandle, SharedString,
+    StatefulInteractiveElement, Styled, Window, div, prelude::*,
+};
+
+use super::{FileIcon, OnEntry, explorer::OnPath};
+use crate::{
+    forms::{OnValue, reveal, revealer},
+    layout::on_axis,
+    lists::{DirEntry, ListItem, SelectableList},
+    primitives::{Icon, IconName},
+    theme::{ActiveTheme, IconSize, Radius},
+};
+
+/// The columns' scroll, and the deepest column it last brought into view.
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct Walk {
+    scroll: ScrollHandle,
+    revealed: Option<usize>,
+}
+
+/// Each folder along the path as a column, the next folder on the path lit in it and the pick lit in the last. A pick of a folder goes into it; a pick of a file closes the columns past its own and picks it; Enter or a double press opens a file. A new deepest column scrolls into view.
+pub(super) fn columns(
+    id: ElementId,
+    path: Rc<[SharedString]>,
+    levels: Vec<Vec<DirEntry>>,
+    selected: Option<SharedString>,
+    (go, select, open): (OnPath, OnValue, OnEntry),
+    window: &mut Window,
+    cx: &mut App,
+) -> impl IntoElement {
+    let walk = window.use_keyed_state((id.clone(), "walk"), cx, |_, _| Walk::default());
+    let last = levels.len() - 1;
+    let shown = reveal(&walk, |walk| &mut walk.revealed, true, last, cx);
+    let scroll = walk.read(cx).scroll.clone();
+    let theme = cx.theme();
+    let colors = &theme.colors;
+    let sizes = theme.files();
+    let levels = Rc::new(levels);
+    let columns: Vec<_> = levels
+        .iter()
+        .enumerate()
+        .map(|(depth, entries)| {
+            let rows = entries.iter().enumerate().fold(
+                SelectableList::new((id.clone(), format!("column-{depth}"))),
+                |list, (ix, entry)| {
+                    let row = ListItem::new(
+                        (id.clone(), format!("row-{depth}-{ix}")),
+                        entry.name().clone(),
+                    )
+                    .leading(FileIcon::entry(entry))
+                    .when(entry.is_folder(), |row| {
+                        row.trailing(
+                            Icon::new(IconName::ChevronRight)
+                                .size(IconSize::Xs)
+                                .color(colors.fg_subtle),
+                        )
+                    });
+                    list.row(entry.name().clone(), row)
+                },
+            );
+            let lit = match depth < last {
+                true => Some(path[depth + 1].clone()),
+                false => selected.clone(),
+            };
+            let (go, select, path, picked) =
+                (go.clone(), select.clone(), path.clone(), levels.clone());
+            let (open, opened) = (open.clone(), levels.clone());
+            div()
+                .flex_none()
+                .w(sizes.column)
+                .h_full()
+                .p_1()
+                .border_r_1()
+                .border_color(colors.border)
+                .child(
+                    rows.selected(lit)
+                        .size_full()
+                        .on_change(move |keys, window, cx| {
+                            let Some(name) = keys.first() else {
+                                return;
+                            };
+                            let entry = picked[depth]
+                                .iter()
+                                .find(|entry| entry.name() == name)
+                                .expect("a listed entry");
+                            if entry.is_folder() {
+                                let inside: Vec<SharedString> = path[..=depth]
+                                    .iter()
+                                    .cloned()
+                                    .chain([name.clone()])
+                                    .collect();
+                                return go(&inside, window, cx);
+                            }
+                            if depth < last {
+                                go(&path[..=depth], window, cx);
+                            }
+                            select(name, window, cx);
+                        })
+                        .on_activate(move |name, window, cx| {
+                            let entry = opened[depth]
+                                .iter()
+                                .find(|entry| entry.name() == name)
+                                .expect("a listed entry");
+                            if !entry.is_folder() {
+                                open(entry, window, cx);
+                            }
+                        }),
+                )
+        })
+        .collect();
+    on_axis(
+        div()
+            .id(id)
+            .debug_selector(|| "file-columns".into())
+            .h(sizes.columns)
+            .flex()
+            .overflow_x_scroll()
+            .track_scroll(&scroll)
+            .rounded(theme.radius(Radius::Md))
+            .border_1()
+            .border_color(colors.border)
+            .children(columns)
+            .when_some(shown, |row, (ix, done)| {
+                row.child(revealer(&scroll, ix, done))
+            }),
+    )
+}

src/files/explorer.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
+use std::rc::Rc;
+
+use gpui::{
+    App, ElementId, FontWeight, IntoElement, ParentElement, RenderOnce, SharedString, Styled,
+    Window, div, prelude::*,
+};
+
+use super::{FileGrid, OnEntry, columns::columns};
+use crate::{
+    buttons::SegmentedControl,
+    forms::OnValue,
+    lists::{DirEntry, DirectoryListing, OnClimb, listed, path_bar},
+    primitives::IconName,
+    theme::{ActiveTheme, ControlSize, TextSize},
+    typography::Ellipsis,
+};
+
+pub(super) type OnPath = Rc<dyn Fn(&[SharedString], &mut Window, &mut App)>;
+type OnView = Rc<dyn Fn(FileView, &mut Window, &mut App)>;
+
+/// How an explorer shows a folder: a list that sorts by column, tiles, or columns along the path.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum FileView {
+    List,
+    Icons,
+    Columns,
+}
+
+/// Each view with its key, label and icon, in the switch's order.
+const VIEWS: [(FileView, &str, &str, IconName); 3] = [
+    (FileView::List, "list", "List", IconName::List),
+    (FileView::Icons, "icons", "Icons", IconName::LayoutGrid),
+    (FileView::Columns, "columns", "Columns", IconName::Columns3),
+];
+
+/// A folder three ways: a list that sorts by column, tiles, or columns that walk the path. Its name, its count and a switch of views sit above the path, which climbs. Opening a folder goes into it; opening a file hands it to the host, which lists each folder it goes to.
+#[derive(IntoElement)]
+pub struct FileExplorer {
+    id: ElementId,
+    path: Vec<SharedString>,
+    levels: Vec<Vec<DirEntry>>,
+    view: FileView,
+    selected: Option<SharedString>,
+    on_view: Option<OnView>,
+    on_navigate: Option<OnPath>,
+    on_select: Option<OnValue>,
+    on_open: Option<OnEntry>,
+}
+
+impl FileExplorer {
+    /// `path` names each folder from the root down; `levels` lists each of them, the root's first.
+    pub fn new(
+        id: impl Into<ElementId>,
+        path: impl IntoIterator<Item = impl Into<SharedString>>,
+        levels: impl IntoIterator<Item = Vec<DirEntry>>,
+        view: FileView,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let path: Vec<SharedString> = path.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect();
+        let levels: Vec<Vec<DirEntry>> = levels.into_iter().collect();
+        assert!(
+            !path.is_empty() && path.len() == levels.len(),
+            "{} folders on the path, {} listed",
+            path.len(),
+            levels.len()
+        );
+        Self {
+            id: id.into(),
+            path,
+            levels,
+            view,
+            selected: None,
+            on_view: None,
+            on_navigate: None,
+            on_select: None,
+            on_open: None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The entry picked in the folder shown, by name.
+    pub fn selected(mut self, name: impl Into<SharedString>) -> Self {
+        let name = name.into();
+        let here = self.levels.last().expect("a listed folder");
+        assert!(
+            here.iter().any(|entry| *entry.name() == name),
+            "no entry {name}"
+        );
+        self.selected = Some(name);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn on_view(mut self, handler: impl Fn(FileView, &mut Window, &mut App) + 'static) -> Self {
+        self.on_view = Some(Rc::new(handler));
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Gets the path to go to, from the root down.
+    pub fn on_navigate(
+        mut self,
+        handler: impl Fn(&[SharedString], &mut Window, &mut App) + 'static,
+    ) -> Self {
+        self.on_navigate = Some(Rc::new(handler));
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Gets the name of the entry picked.
+    pub fn on_select(
+        mut self,
+        handler: impl Fn(&SharedString, &mut Window, &mut App) + 'static,
+    ) -> Self {
+        self.on_select = Some(Rc::new(handler));
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Gets a file to open; a folder opens in place.
+    pub fn on_open(mut self, handler: impl Fn(&DirEntry, &mut Window, &mut App) + 'static) -> Self {
+        self.on_open = Some(Rc::new(handler));
+        self
+    }
+}
+
+impl RenderOnce for FileExplorer {
+    fn render(self, window: &mut Window, cx: &mut App) -> impl IntoElement {
+        let id = self.id;
+        let path: Rc<[SharedString]> = self.path.into();
+        let go: OnPath = {
+            let (id, on_navigate) = (id.clone(), self.on_navigate);
+            Rc::new(move |to, window, cx| {
+                log::info!("file explorer {id:?}: go to {}", to.join("/"));
+                if let Some(on_navigate) = &on_navigate {
+                    on_navigate(to, window, cx);
+                }
+            })
+        };
+        let climb: OnClimb = {
+            let (go, path) = (go.clone(), path.clone());
+            Rc::new(move |level, window, cx| go(&path[..=level], window, cx))
+        };
+        let open: OnEntry = {
+            let (id, go, path, on_open) = (id.clone(), go.clone(), path.clone(), self.on_open);
+            Rc::new(move |entry, window, cx| {
+                if entry.is_folder() {
+                    let inside: Vec<SharedString> =
+                        path.iter().cloned().chain([entry.name().clone()]).collect();
+                    return go(&inside, window, cx);
+                }
+                log::info!("file explorer {id:?}: open {}", entry.name());
+                if let Some(on_open) = &on_open {
+                    on_open(entry, window, cx);
+                }
+            })
+        };
+        let select: OnValue = {
+            let (id, on_select) = (id.clone(), self.on_select);
+            Rc::new(move |name, window, cx| {
+                log::info!("file explorer {id:?}: picked {name}");
+                if let Some(on_select) = &on_select {
+                    on_select(name, window, cx);
+                }
+            })
+        };
+        let mut levels = self.levels;
+        let here = levels.last().expect("a listed folder").clone();
+        let theme = cx.theme();
+        let colors = &theme.colors;
+        let count = here.len();
+        let key = VIEWS
+            .iter()
+            .find(|each| each.0 == self.view)
+            .expect("a listed view")
+            .1;
+        let on_view = self.on_view;
+        let switch = VIEWS
+            .iter()
+            .fold(
+                SegmentedControl::new((id.clone(), "view"), key).size(ControlSize::Sm),
+                |switch, (_, key, label, icon)| switch.segment(*key, *label, Some(*icon)),
+            )
+            .on_change(move |key, window, cx| {
+                let view = VIEWS
+                    .iter()
+                    .find(|each| each.1 == key.as_ref())
+                    .expect("a listed view")
+                    .0;
+                if let Some(on_view) = &on_view {
+                    on_view(view, window, cx);
+                }
+            });
+        let header = div()
+            .flex()
+            .flex_wrap()
+            .items_center()
+            .justify_between()
+            .gap_2()
+            .child(
+                div()
+                    .flex_1()
+                    .min_w(theme.label_width())
+                    .flex()
+                    .items_baseline()
+                    .gap_2()
+                    .child(
+                        div()
+                            .min_w_0()
+                            .text_size(theme.text_size(TextSize::Md))
+                            .font_weight(FontWeight::SEMIBOLD)
+                            .text_color(colors.fg)
+                            .child(Ellipsis::new(path[path.len() - 1].clone())),
+                    )
+                    .child(
+                        div()
+                            .flex_none()
+                            .text_size(theme.text_size(TextSize::Sm))
+                            .text_color(colors.fg_muted)
+                            .child(match count {
+                                1 => "1 item".to_string(),
+                                count => format!("{count} items"),
+                            }),
+                    ),
+            )
+            .child(div().flex_none().child(switch));
+        let body = match self.view {
+            FileView::List => {
+                let listing = DirectoryListing::new((id.clone(), "list"), path.to_vec(), here)
+                    .on_select(move |name, window, cx| select(name, window, cx))
+                    .on_open(move |entry, window, cx| open(entry, window, cx))
+                    .on_climb(move |level, window, cx| climb(level, window, cx));
+                match self.selected {
+                    Some(name) => listing.selected(name),
+                    None => listing,
+                }
+                .into_any_element()
+            }
+            FileView::Icons => {
+                let grid = FileGrid::new((id.clone(), "icons"), listed(here))
+                    .on_select(move |name, window, cx| select(name, window, cx))
+                    .on_open(move |entry, window, cx| open(entry, window, cx));
+                let grid = match self.selected {
+                    Some(name) => grid.selected(name),
+                    None => grid,
+                };
+                div()
+                    .flex()
+                    .flex_col()
+                    .gap_2()
+                    .child(path_bar((id.clone(), "path"), &path, Some(climb)))
+                    .child(grid)
+                    .into_any_element()
+            }
+            FileView::Columns => {
+                levels
+                    .iter_mut()
+                    .for_each(|level| *level = listed(std::mem::take(level)));
+                div()
+                    .flex()
+                    .flex_col()
+                    .gap_2()
+                    .child(path_bar((id.clone(), "path"), &path, Some(climb)))
+                    .child(columns(
+                        (id.clone(), "columns").into(),
+                        path.clone(),
+                        levels,
+                        self.selected,
+                        (go, select, open),
+                        window,
+                        cx,
+                    ))
+                    .into_any_element()
+            }
+        };
+        div()
+            .debug_selector(|| "file-explorer".into())
+            .w_full()
+            .flex()
+            .flex_col()
+            .gap_3()
+            .child(header)
+            .child(body)
+    }
+}

src/files/grid.rs

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use gpui::{
     rems, transparent_black,
 };
 
-use super::FileIcon;
+use super::{FileIcon, OnEntry};
 use crate::{
     forms::OnValue,
     layout::{columns_for, seeded::use_seeded},
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ use crate::{
     typography::{LEADING, MiddleEllipsis},
 };
 
-type OnEntry = Rc<dyn Fn(&DirEntry, &mut Window, &mut App)>;
-
 /// The tile a key moves to from `at` in `count` tiles laid `columns` a row: across by one, up and down by a row, Home and End to the ends; down from over a short last row lands on its last tile.
 pub(crate) fn stepped(at: usize, count: usize, columns: usize, key: &str) -> Option<usize> {
     let last = count.checked_sub(1)?;

src/files/mod.rs

@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
+use std::rc::Rc;
+
+use gpui::{App, Window};
+
+use crate::lists::DirEntry;
+
+mod columns;
+mod explorer;
 mod grid;
 mod icon;
 mod item;
 
+type OnEntry = Rc<dyn Fn(&DirEntry, &mut Window, &mut App)>;
+
 #[cfg(all(test, feature = "test-support"))]
 mod tests;
 
+pub use explorer::{FileExplorer, FileView};
 pub use grid::FileGrid;
 pub use icon::FileIcon;
 pub use item::FileItem;

src/files/tests/explorer.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+use gpui::{
+    Context, Entity, IntoElement, ParentElement, Render, SharedString, Styled, TestAppContext,
+    VisualTestContext, Window, div, px,
+};
+
+use super::{press, settle, setup, then};
+use crate::{
+    files::{FileExplorer, FileView},
+    lists::DirEntry,
+};
+
+/// An explorer two folders deep, and what it asked for.
+struct Exploring {
+    view: FileView,
+    selected: Option<&'static str>,
+    went: Vec<Vec<SharedString>>,
+    picked: Vec<SharedString>,
+    opened: Vec<SharedString>,
+}
+
+impl Render for Exploring {
+    fn render(&mut self, _: &mut Window, cx: &mut Context<Self>) -> impl IntoElement {
+        let (view, go, pick, open) = (cx.entity(), cx.entity(), cx.entity(), cx.entity());
+        let root = vec![
+            DirEntry::folder("Projects", then()),
+            DirEntry::folder("Documents", then()),
+            DirEntry::file("Notes.txt", 10, then()),
+        ];
+        let here = vec![
+            DirEntry::file("Brief.md", 10, then()),
+            DirEntry::folder("Atrium", then()),
+        ];
+        let explorer = FileExplorer::new("explorer", ["Home", "Projects"], [root, here], self.view)
+            .on_view(move |to, _, cx| {
+                view.update(cx, |view, cx| {
+                    view.view = to;
+                    cx.notify();
+                })
+            })
+            .on_navigate(move |path, _, cx| go.update(cx, |view, _| view.went.push(path.to_vec())))
+            .on_select(move |name, _, cx| pick.update(cx, |view, _| view.picked.push(name.clone())))
+            .on_open(move |entry, _, cx| {
+                open.update(cx, |view, _| view.opened.push(entry.name().clone()))
+            });
+        let explorer = match self.selected {
+            Some(name) => explorer.selected(name),
+            None => explorer,
+        };
+        div().w(px(640.0)).child(explorer)
+    }
+}
+
+fn exploring<'a>(
+    view: FileView,
+    selected: Option<&'static str>,
+    cx: &'a mut TestAppContext,
+) -> (Entity<Exploring>, &'a mut VisualTestContext) {
+    setup(cx);
+    let (host, cx) = cx.add_window_view(move |_, _| Exploring {
+        view,
+        selected,
+        went: Vec::new(),
+        picked: Vec::new(),
+        opened: Vec::new(),
+    });
+    cx.update(|window, _| window.activate_window());
+    settle(cx);
+    (host, cx)
+}
+
+/// Moves focus to the `nth` Tab stop from none: the three views, the path's first level, then the view's own.
+fn tab_to(nth: usize, cx: &mut VisualTestContext) {
+    cx.update(|window, _| {
+        window.blur();
+        for _ in 0..nth {
+            window.focus_next();
+        }
+    });
+    settle(cx);
+}
+
+fn went(host: &Entity<Exploring>, cx: &mut VisualTestContext) -> Vec<Vec<SharedString>> {
+    host.read_with(cx, |host, _| host.went.clone())
+}
+
+#[gpui::test]
+fn a_segment_switches_the_view(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+    let (host, cx) = exploring(FileView::List, None, cx);
+    tab_to(2, cx);
+    press("space", cx);
+    assert_eq!(host.read_with(cx, |host, _| host.view), FileView::Icons);
+    assert!(cx.debug_bounds("file-grid").is_some());
+}
+
+#[gpui::test]
+fn a_folder_opens_in_place_and_a_file_goes_to_the_host(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+    let (host, cx) = exploring(FileView::Icons, None, cx);
+    tab_to(5, cx);
+    press("right", cx);
+    press("enter", cx);
+    assert_eq!(
+        went(&host, cx),
+        [["Home", "Projects", "Atrium"]],
+        "folders come first"
+    );
+    press("right", cx);
+    press("enter", cx);
+    assert_eq!(
+        host.read_with(cx, |host, _| host.opened.clone()),
+        ["Brief.md"]
+    );
+}
+
+#[gpui::test]
+fn the_path_climbs(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+    let (host, cx) = exploring(FileView::Icons, None, cx);
+    tab_to(4, cx);
+    press("enter", cx);
+    assert_eq!(went(&host, cx), [["Home"]]);
+}
+
+#[gpui::test]
+fn columns_walk_the_path_and_pick_in_the_last(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+    let (host, cx) = exploring(FileView::Columns, None, cx);
+    assert!(cx.debug_bounds("file-columns").is_some());
+    tab_to(5, cx);
+    press("up", cx);
+    assert_eq!(
+        went(&host, cx),
+        [["Home", "Documents"]],
+        "the lit folder was Projects"
+    );
+    tab_to(6, cx);
+    press("down", cx);
+    press("enter", cx);
+    let heard = host.read_with(cx, |host, _| (host.picked.clone(), host.opened.clone()));
+    assert_eq!(heard, (vec!["Brief.md".into()], vec!["Brief.md".into()]));
+}
+
+#[gpui::test]
+fn a_file_picked_in_an_earlier_column_closes_the_columns_past_it(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+    let (host, cx) = exploring(FileView::Columns, None, cx);
+    tab_to(5, cx);
+    press("down", cx);
+    let heard = host.read_with(cx, |host, _| (host.went.clone(), host.picked.clone()));
+    assert_eq!(heard, (vec![vec!["Home".into()]], vec!["Notes.txt".into()]));
+}
+
+#[gpui::test]
+fn the_pick_carries_into_the_list(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+    let (host, cx) = exploring(FileView::List, Some("Brief.md"), cx);
+    tab_to(5, cx);
+    press("up", cx);
+    assert_eq!(
+        host.read_with(cx, |host, _| host.picked.clone()),
+        ["Atrium"]
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[should_panic(expected = "2 folders on the path, 1 listed")]
+fn each_folder_on_the_path_is_listed() {
+    let _ = FileExplorer::new(
+        "explorer",
+        ["Home", "Projects"],
+        [Vec::new()],
+        FileView::List,
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+#[should_panic(expected = "no entry Ghost.md")]
+fn the_pick_is_in_the_folder_shown() {
+    let here = vec![DirEntry::file("Brief.md", 10, then())];
+    let _ = FileExplorer::new("explorer", ["Home"], [here], FileView::List).selected("Ghost.md");
+}

src/files/tests/mod.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ use jiff::{Timestamp, ToSpan};
 use super::{FileGrid, item::detail};
 use crate::{lists::DirEntry, primitives::FocusNext, theme::Theme};
 
-fn setup(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+mod explorer;
+
+pub(super) fn setup(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
     cx.update(|cx| {
         Theme::init(cx);
         Theme::update(cx, |theme| theme.reduced_motion = true);
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ fn setup(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
     });
 }
 
-fn settle(cx: &mut VisualTestContext) {
+pub(super) fn settle(cx: &mut VisualTestContext) {
     for _ in 0..3 {
         cx.run_until_parked();
         cx.update(|window, _| window.refresh());
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ fn settle(cx: &mut VisualTestContext) {
     cx.run_until_parked();
 }
 
-fn press(key: &str, cx: &mut VisualTestContext) {
+pub(super) fn press(key: &str, cx: &mut VisualTestContext) {
     cx.simulate_keystrokes(key);
     settle(cx);
     cx.simulate_event(KeyUpEvent {
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ fn press(key: &str, cx: &mut VisualTestContext) {
     settle(cx);
 }
 
-fn then() -> Timestamp {
+pub(super) fn then() -> Timestamp {
     Timestamp::from_second(1_700_000_000).expect("a time")
 }
 

src/lists/directory.rs

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ use jiff::Timestamp;
 
 use super::{ListItem, SelectableList};
 use crate::{
+    forms::OnValue,
+    layout::seeded::use_seeded,
     navigation::{Breadcrumb, Crumb},
     primitives::{Icon, IconName, file_icon},
     theme::{ActiveTheme, IconSize, TextSize},
@@ -65,6 +67,32 @@ enum Column {
     Modified,
 }
 
+/// Entries as a listing first shows them: folders first, then by name.
+pub(crate) fn listed(entries: Vec<DirEntry>) -> Vec<DirEntry> {
+    sorted(entries, Column::Name, true)
+}
+
+/// A directory's path from the root down as a breadcrumb; a press on a level climbs to it.
+pub(crate) fn path_bar(
+    id: impl Into<ElementId>,
+    path: &[SharedString],
+    on_climb: Option<OnClimb>,
+) -> Breadcrumb {
+    let crumbs = path.iter().enumerate().map(|(ix, name)| {
+        let crumb = Crumb::new(SharedString::from(ix.to_string()), name.clone());
+        if ix == 0 {
+            crumb.icon(IconName::HardDrive)
+        } else {
+            crumb
+        }
+    });
+    Breadcrumb::new(id, crumbs).on_select(move |level, _, window, cx| {
+        if let Some(on_climb) = &on_climb {
+            on_climb(level, window, cx);
+        }
+    })
+}
+
 /// Entries sorted by `column`, folders always first, ties by name.
 fn sorted(mut entries: Vec<DirEntry>, column: Column, ascending: bool) -> Vec<DirEntry> {
     let by_name = |a: &DirEntry, b: &DirEntry| a.name.to_lowercase().cmp(&b.name.to_lowercase());
@@ -84,7 +112,7 @@ fn sorted(mut entries: Vec<DirEntry>, column: Column, ascending: bool) -> Vec<Di
 }
 
 type OnEntry = Rc<dyn Fn(&DirEntry, &mut Window, &mut App)>;
-type OnClimb = Rc<dyn Fn(usize, &mut Window, &mut App)>;
+pub(crate) type OnClimb = Rc<dyn Fn(usize, &mut Window, &mut App)>;
 
 /// A directory's entries in columns: name, size, and when each changed. A header sorts by its column and a second press reverses it; folders stay first. Enter or a double press opens an entry; the path above climbs to an earlier level.
 #[derive(IntoElement)]
@@ -92,6 +120,8 @@ pub struct DirectoryListing {
     id: ElementId,
     path: Vec<SharedString>,
     entries: Vec<DirEntry>,
+    selected: Option<SharedString>,
+    on_select: Option<OnValue>,
     on_open: Option<OnEntry>,
     on_climb: Option<OnClimb>,
 }
@@ -109,11 +139,33 @@ impl DirectoryListing {
             id: id.into(),
             path,
             entries: entries.into_iter().collect(),
+            selected: None,
+            on_select: None,
             on_open: None,
             on_climb: None,
         }
     }
 
+    /// The entry picked, by name.
+    pub fn selected(mut self, name: impl Into<SharedString>) -> Self {
+        let name = name.into();
+        assert!(
+            self.entries.iter().any(|entry| entry.name == name),
+            "no entry {name}"
+        );
+        self.selected = Some(name);
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Gets the name of the entry picked.
+    pub fn on_select(
+        mut self,
+        handler: impl Fn(&SharedString, &mut Window, &mut App) + 'static,
+    ) -> Self {
+        self.on_select = Some(Rc::new(handler));
+        self
+    }
+
     pub fn on_open(mut self, handler: impl Fn(&DirEntry, &mut Window, &mut App) + 'static) -> Self {
         self.on_open = Some(Rc::new(handler));
         self
@@ -130,9 +182,7 @@ impl RenderOnce for DirectoryListing {
     fn render(self, window: &mut Window, cx: &mut App) -> impl IntoElement {
         let order =
             window.use_keyed_state((self.id.clone(), "order"), cx, |_, _| (Column::Name, true));
-        let picked = window.use_keyed_state((self.id.clone(), "picked"), cx, |_, _| {
-            Vec::<SharedString>::new()
-        });
+        let picked = use_seeded((self.id.clone(), "picked"), self.selected, window, cx);
         let (column, ascending) = *order.read(cx);
         let entries = Rc::new(sorted(self.entries, column, ascending));
         let theme = cx.theme();
@@ -203,7 +253,8 @@ impl RenderOnce for DirectoryListing {
                     .child(header("Modified", Column::Modified)),
             );
         let list = entries.iter().enumerate().fold(
-            SelectableList::new((self.id.clone(), "entries")).selected(picked.read(cx).clone()),
+            SelectableList::new((self.id.clone(), "entries"))
+                .selected(picked.read(cx).value.clone()),
             |list, (ix, entry)| {
                 let size = entry
                     .size
@@ -242,35 +293,29 @@ impl RenderOnce for DirectoryListing {
             },
         );
         let (store, shown, on_open) = (picked.clone(), entries.clone(), self.on_open);
-        let crumbs = self.path.iter().enumerate().map(|(ix, name)| {
-            let crumb = Crumb::new(SharedString::from(ix.to_string()), name.clone());
-            if ix == 0 {
-                crumb.icon(IconName::HardDrive)
-            } else {
-                crumb
-            }
-        });
-        let on_climb = self.on_climb;
+        let on_select = self.on_select;
         div()
             .flex()
             .flex_col()
             .gap_2()
-            .child(
-                Breadcrumb::new((self.id.clone(), "path"), crumbs).on_select(
-                    move |level, _, window, cx| {
-                        if let Some(on_climb) = &on_climb {
-                            on_climb(level, window, cx);
-                        }
-                    },
-                ),
-            )
+            .child(path_bar(
+                (self.id.clone(), "path"),
+                &self.path,
+                self.on_climb,
+            ))
             .child(heading)
             .child(
-                list.on_change(move |keys, _, cx| {
+                list.on_change(move |keys, window, cx| {
+                    let Some(name) = keys.first() else {
+                        return;
+                    };
                     store.update(cx, |picked, cx| {
-                        *picked = keys.to_vec();
+                        picked.value = Some(name.clone());
                         cx.notify();
-                    })
+                    });
+                    if let Some(on_select) = &on_select {
+                        on_select(name, window, cx);
+                    }
                 })
                 .on_activate(move |name, window, cx| {
                     let entry = shown

src/lists/mod.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ mod tests;
 mod tree;
 
 pub use directory::{DirEntry, DirectoryListing};
+pub(crate) use directory::{OnClimb, listed, path_bar};
 pub use files::{FileTree, GitStatus};
 pub use grouped::GroupedList;
 pub use item::{List, ListItem};

src/primitives/icon.rs

@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ icons! {
     CloudUpload => "cloud-upload",
     Code => "code",
     Columns2 => "columns-2",
+    Columns3 => "columns-3",
     Command => "command",
     Compass => "compass",
     Contrast => "contrast",

src/theme/files.rs

@@ -7,12 +7,18 @@ use super::{Theme, tokens::px_to_rems};
 pub struct FileSizes {
     /// A tile in a grid of files, wide.
     pub tile: Rems,
+    /// A column of a folder along a path, wide.
+    pub column: Rems,
+    /// The columns view, tall.
+    pub columns: Rems,
 }
 
 impl Theme {
     pub fn files(&self) -> FileSizes {
         FileSizes {
             tile: px_to_rems(96.0),
+            column: px_to_rems(200.0),
+            columns: px_to_rems(288.0),
         }
     }
 }

tasks/ch21-30.md

@@ -296,12 +296,12 @@
 
 ## T27b Files · Explorer
 
-- [ ] FileExplorer — list, icons, columns
-- [ ] FileBreadcrumb / PathBar → `navigation::Breadcrumb`
-- [ ] FolderTree → `lists::FileTree`
-- [ ] FileContextMenu → `menus::ContextMenu`
-- [ ] RenameInline → `forms::InlineEdit`
-- [ ] DragDropFiles → `forms::DropZone`
+- [x] FileExplorer — list, icons, columns
+- [x] FileBreadcrumb / PathBar → `navigation::Breadcrumb`
+- [x] FolderTree → `lists::FileTree`
+- [x] FileContextMenu → `menus::ContextMenu`
+- [x] RenameInline → `forms::InlineEdit`
+- [x] DragDropFiles → `forms::DropZone`
 
 ## T27c Files · Find and look