Documentation on hiding subdirectories or displaying only certain file types

Not at all?
I'm remodelling the configuration a lot. This is a fair request.
I'll be adding filename filters as whitelists (eg *.jpg) or blacklists (eg CVS)
Didn't think about dirs on or off.

Need to test my latest version with snippets, I guess.

I've had to branch totally from the original :-}

I developed the need to have different instances rooted at different places, and doing so ripped out the last useful ties I had with the other version.
My current version is now stand-alone. And a bit trickier to configure (but more configurable - layers of authentication are now possible. Not implimented, but possible)

The howto for embedded snippets has changed drastically (and not documented right any more) and it may have a dependancy issue or two (I gotta rebuild a machine or two before I try a fresh install) but I'll upload the latest to CVS nowish... just for fun.

Additions include - Support for out-of-webroot 'files' directory (lacking in original)
- support for 'private' file service (required for #1)
- support for multiple ways and means of viewing multiple places, but configurable only via admin panel (not request string) for security reasons.
- support for filename filtering to select or restrict which files get shown - but no filtering of directories yet sorry.

Current CVS now has this feature. Configured via the admin/settings/filebrowser_extensions page.

Um, in-page embeds still need re-documenting...

This module is now stand-alone, yes.
The CVS currently published is built against Drupal 4.7 - I'm not trying to catch up to Drupal HEAD.

Embedding can be done, but I'm not sure how yet. The doc needs to be rewritten to update the examples. That;ll happen soonish.

You can open a seperate ticket for this, y'know :)

On testing, it seems that due to the way file_scan_directory() does its matching and masking, trying to set the glob pattern isn't working as expected.
First, it's not really a glob pattern, it's an eregexp.
Second, it doesn't make allowances for directories, so asking for .*\.jpg will list the jpgs, but not the directories in the same place, which makes browsing not a happening thing.

The interface at /admin/settings/filebrowser_extensions looks like: ... um I'll attach a dump

I think it's fair to say the "which files to show" field does NOT work properly.

I may have to build my own version of file_scan_directory() to get more control over it.

If you just want to hide all the subfolders, just add the below line to the profile. I have not tried (dont know if any option is there) selective hiding though.

'hide_directories' => TRUE,

This worked when I tested it:

<?php
  $folder = 'foldername';
  
  $profile = array(
  	'cols' => 'expander;icon;name',// also used as headers. (no tablesort)
  	'render' => 'table',
        'root' => 'browserroot', //default -> http://site.com/files
        'rel_url' => 'http://site.com/browserroot', 
        'hide_directories' => TRUE,
        //'recursive' => TRUE, or FALSE
  );
	print filebrowser_embed($folder,$profile);

?>

This module is retired