trigger readfolder/folder change on client side

[nicpillinger]

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Hello - I'm wondering if there is any sort of client side api for this project? I want to try and trigger a readfolder action from the client (without having to reload the DOM/markup again) - is there any way to interact with the plugin client-side?

thanks

[nicpillinger]

alternatively, is it possible to trigger re-initialization of the plugin (with a new expandedFolder in the url)?

[psolom]

Yes, it's exists. It's not the client side API actually, but rather a few public methods of RichFilemanager jQuery plugin. They are well described here. I think that's exactly what you need.

[nicpillinger]

Brilliant - exactly what I needed. Thanks 🙏

[nicpillinger]

Hi @servocoder the loadFolder method is great but it doesn't allow me a way of opening the root folder, if I pass it "/" its trying to load "//" which isn't correct. I think its a simple change to the loadFolder so it doesn't always wrap the folder name you're trying to load?

[psolom]

Merged the fix in PR #346. Thanks!