Hide recycle bin, or user defined folders

[stax76]

I would like to request hiding the recycle bin:

E:\$RECYCLE.BIN

[CogentRedTester]

A simple addon like this should work:

local fb_utils = require 'modules.utils'
local valid_dir = fb_utils.valid_dir

fb_utils.valid_dir = function(name)
    if name == "$RECYCLE.BIN/" then return false end
    return valid_dir(name)
end

return { version = "1.1.0" }

Edit: updated with the version number for future compatibility

Edit: updated 2024-01-08 to work with new file-browser internal changes (#100)

[stax76]

Thanks, it works.

Maybe also add a conf option excluded-directories, which is a list of absolute paths.

[CogentRedTester]

I'd rather something like that be implemented as an addon. The whole reason I designed the addon system was to avoid feature creep bloating the main script. I might look into it when I have some free time, but if you really want it you're welcome to write the addon yourself. I recently updated the documentation with code examples, which might make it easier to understand. You're also welcome to ask any questions.

[CogentRedTester]

To give a bit of an idea, something along these lines would probably work:

local fb = require "file-browser"

local parser = {
    priority = 10,
    version = "1.1.0"
}

local function filter(path)
    -- do filtering here
end

function parser:can_parse()
    return true
end

function parser:parse(directory)
    local list, opts = self:defer(directory)
    if not list then return list, opts end

    directory = opts.directory or directory

    for i=#list, 1, -1 do
        if filter( fb.get_full_path(list[i], directory) ) then
            table.remove(list, i)
        end
   end

    return list, opts
end

return parser

Disclaimer: I wrote this very quickly from memory and have done no testing whatsoever

[CogentRedTester]

I had some time so here is a full implementation of an addon that allows you to filter any arbitrary path by changing a config file:

local fb = require "file-browser"
local opt = require "mp.options"

local o = {
    --list of absolute paths separated by the root separators
    paths = ""
}

--config file stored in ~~/script-opts/file-browser/filter.conf
opt.read_options(o, "file-browser/filter")

local parser = {
    priority = 10,
    version = "1.3.0"
}

local paths = {}
for str in fb.iterate_opt(o.paths) do
    paths[str] = true
end

local function filter(path)
    return paths[path]
end

function parser:can_parse()
    return true
end

function parser:parse(directory)
    local list, opts = self:defer(directory)
    if not list then return list, opts end

    directory = opts.directory or directory

    for i=#list, 1, -1 do
        if filter( fb.get_full_path(list[i], directory) ) then
            table.remove(list, i)
        end
   end

    return list, opts
end

return parser

If you want to make it more user friendly then you'll have to do so yourself.