File Explorer - Customization
Learn how to customize the File Explorer component.
Basics
Custom icons
Use the collapseIcon
slot, the expandIcon
slot and the defaultEndIcon
prop to customize the File Explorer icons.
The demo below shows how to add icons using both an existing icon library, such as Material Icons, and creating an icon from scratch using Material UI's SVG Icon component.
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Custom toggle animations
Use the groupTransition
slot on the FileElement
to pass a component that handles your animation.
The demo below is animated using Material UI's Collapse component together with the react-spring library.
Custom styling
Use fileElementClasses
to target internal elements of the Tree Item component and change their styles.
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Custom label
Use the label
slot to customize the Tree Item label or to replace it with a custom component.
The slotProps
prop allows you to pass props to the label component.
The demo below shows how to pass an id
attribute to the Tree Item label:
The slots
prop allows you to replace the default label with your own component:
The demo below shows how to add a basic edition feature on the Tree Item label:
Headless API
Use the useFile
hook to create your own component.
The demo below shows how to add an avatar and custom typography elements.
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Common examples
File explorer
The demo below shows many of the previous customization examples brought together to make the File Explorer component look completely different than its default design.
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