File Browser 2.0 - Looking for feedback

Created on 25 June 2020, over 4 years ago

Updated 2 July 2024, 6 months ago

Hi everybody that's reading this!

File Browser is my most popular module, and surprisingly the one that I spend the least amount of time on. It started as a demo of Entity Browser, then I worked it to be as functional and nice looking as I wanted and have been maintaining it since.

I've been thinking, since there are 21k+ users, what would all these people want to see in a 2.x version?

My idea right now is to make a new version from the ground up, not using Entity Browser, that has the best UX I can make happen. Entity Browser, Entity Embed, and DropzoneJS are great, but starting from scratch could lead to a more streamlined experience. If I did this any ability to edit File Browser's look and feel would be much harder.

Alternatively, I could just re-work the current UX, remove masonry/imagesloaded as dependencies, and create an admin UI for files. This would be much easier, but maybe less interesting. What do you all think?

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1.0

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🇺🇸United States samuel.mortenson

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🇺🇸United States mortona2k Seattle
How about a way to upload files and then process them through a configurable pipeline like ECA.

With this and other modules I can bulk upload files or media to a field, editor, or media library.

I have a use case where I need to bulk upload files, and then create content that references each one in a field.

Simple Media Bulk Upload is close, after uploading, you see each media edit form. I want that for content.

Currently, I'm attempting to upload the bulk files to a content type, and then process them from there.

I'm thinking a view with editable fields would be a nicer interface.

Have other projects made improvements in this space since you worked on 2.x?

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