# File Explorer (/examples/others/file_explorer)



Browse the filesystem through an LVGL widget.

File explorer with quick access [#file-explorer-with-quick-access]

<LvglExampleBrief>
  Open a file explorer on the active screen and log the selected path.
</LvglExampleBrief>

`lv_file_explorer_create` builds a full-screen browser, `lv_file_explorer_set_sort`
sorts entries by `LV_EXPLORER_SORT_KIND`, and `lv_file_explorer_open_dir` opens the
platform root (`"C:C:/"` on Win32 or `"A:/"` on the `lv_fs` Linux driver). When
`LV_FILE_EXPLORER_QUICK_ACCESS` is enabled, `HOME`, `VIDEO`, `PICTURES`, `MUSIC`,
`DOCS`, and `FS` shortcuts are registered. An `LV_EVENT_ALL` callback prints the
current path and the selected file name on every `LV_EVENT_VALUE_CHANGED`.

<LvglExample name="lv_example_file_explorer_1" path="others/file_explorer/lv_example_file_explorer_1" />

Quick access toggle and sort control [#quick-access-toggle-and-sort-control]

<LvglExampleBrief>
  File explorer with a header button to hide quick access and a dropdown to change sort mode.
</LvglExampleBrief>

Adds a checkable button and a dropdown into the file explorer's header
(`lv_file_explorer_get_header`). Toggling the button adds or removes
`LV_OBJ_FLAG_HIDDEN` on the quick access panel returned by
`lv_file_explorer_get_quick_access_area`. The dropdown switches between
`LV_EXPLORER_SORT_NONE` and `LV_EXPLORER_SORT_KIND` via
`lv_file_explorer_set_sort`. A separate `LV_EVENT_ALL` handler logs the current
path and selected file name.

<LvglExample name="lv_example_file_explorer_2" path="others/file_explorer/lv_example_file_explorer_2" />

Custom file explorer sort [#custom-file-explorer-sort]

<LvglExampleBrief>
  Apply a 3-way quicksort over the file table after each directory load.
</LvglExampleBrief>

The file explorer is created with `LV_EXPLORER_SORT_NONE` so that default sorting
stays out of the way. On `LV_EVENT_READY`, `lv_file_explorer_get_file_table`
returns the underlying table and a static 3-way quicksort reorders rows by the
kind column. `LV_EVENT_VALUE_CHANGED` still logs the current path and selected
file name.

<LvglExample name="lv_example_file_explorer_3" path="others/file_explorer/lv_example_file_explorer_3" />