Add option to show system files in the hamburger menu

Some advanced use cases of egui-file-dialog might require picking
system files, so this adds an option in the hamburger menu to show
them, in the same vein as the "Show hidden files" option.

examples/multilingual/src/main.rs

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ fn get_labels_german() -> FileDialogLabels {
 
         reload: "⟲  Neu laden".to_string(),
         show_hidden: " Versteckte Dateien anzeigen".to_string(),
+        show_system_files: " Systemdateien anzeigen".to_string(),
 
         heading_pinned: "Angeheftet".to_string(),
         heading_places: "Orte".to_string(),

src/config/labels.rs

@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ pub struct FileDialogLabels {
     pub reload: String,
     /// Text used for the option to show or hide hidden files and folders.
     pub show_hidden: String,
+    /// Text used for the option to show or hide system files.
+    pub show_system_files: String,
 
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Left panel:
@@ -128,6 +130,7 @@ impl Default for FileDialogLabels {
 
             reload: "⟲  Reload".to_string(),
             show_hidden: " Show hidden".to_string(),
+            show_system_files: " Show system files".to_string(),
 
             heading_pinned: "Pinned".to_string(),
             heading_places: "Places".to_string(),

src/config/mod.rs

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ pub struct FileDialogStorage {
     pub pinned_folders: Vec<DirectoryEntry>,
     /// If hidden files and folders should be listed inside the directory view.
     pub show_hidden: bool,
+    /// If system files should be listed inside the directory view.
+    pub show_system_files: bool,
 }
 
 impl Default for FileDialogStorage {
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ impl Default for FileDialogStorage {
         Self {
             pinned_folders: Vec::new(),
             show_hidden: false,
+            show_system_files: false,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -175,6 +178,8 @@ pub struct FileDialogConfig {
     pub show_reload_button: bool,
     /// If the show hidden files and folders option inside the top panel menu should be visible.
     pub show_hidden_option: bool,
+    /// If the show system files option inside the top panel menu should be visible.
+    pub show_system_files_option: bool,
     /// If the search input in the top panel should be visible.
     pub show_search: bool,
 
@@ -245,6 +250,7 @@ impl Default for FileDialogConfig {
             show_menu_button: true,
             show_reload_button: true,
             show_hidden_option: true,
+            show_system_files_option: true,
             show_search: true,
 
             show_left_panel: true,

src/data/directory_content.rs

@@ -129,10 +129,18 @@ impl DirectoryContent {
         path: &Path,
         include_files: bool,
         show_hidden: bool,
+        show_system_files: bool,
         file_filter: Option<&FileFilter>,
     ) -> io::Result<Self> {
         Ok(Self {
-            content: load_directory(config, path, include_files, show_hidden, file_filter)?,
+            content: load_directory(
+                config,
+                path,
+                include_files,
+                show_hidden,
+                show_system_files,
+                file_filter,
+            )?,
         })
     }
 
@@ -190,6 +198,7 @@ fn load_directory(
     path: &Path,
     include_files: bool,
     show_hidden: bool,
+    show_system_files: bool,
     file_filter: Option<&FileFilter>,
 ) -> io::Result<Vec<DirectoryEntry>> {
     let paths = fs::read_dir(path)?;
@@ -200,7 +209,7 @@ fn load_directory(
             Ok(entry) => {
                 let entry = DirectoryEntry::from_path(config, entry.path().as_path());
 
-                if entry.is_system_file() {
+                if !show_system_files && entry.is_system_file() {
                     continue;
                 }
 

src/file_dialog.rs

@@ -854,6 +854,16 @@ impl FileDialog {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Sets whether the show system files option inside the top panel
+    /// menu should be visible.
+    ///
+    /// Has no effect when `FileDialog::show_top_panel` or
+    /// `FileDialog::show_menu_button` is disabled.
+    pub const fn show_system_files_option(mut self, show_system_files_option: bool) -> Self {
+        self.config.show_system_files_option = show_system_files_option;
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Sets whether the search input should be visible in the top panel.
     ///
     /// Has no effect when `FileDialog::show_top_panel` is disabled.
@@ -1161,7 +1171,9 @@ impl FileDialog {
 
             // Menu button containing reload button and different options
             if self.config.show_menu_button
-                && (self.config.show_reload_button || self.config.show_hidden_option)
+                && (self.config.show_reload_button
+                    || self.config.show_hidden_option
+                    || self.config.show_system_files_option)
             {
                 ui.allocate_ui_with_layout(
                     BUTTON_SIZE,
@@ -1186,6 +1198,18 @@ impl FileDialog {
                                 self.refresh();
                                 ui.close_menu();
                             }
+
+                            if self.config.show_system_files_option
+                                && ui
+                                    .checkbox(
+                                        &mut self.config.storage.show_system_files,
+                                        &self.config.labels.show_system_files,
+                                    )
+                                    .clicked()
+                            {
+                                self.refresh();
+                                ui.close_menu();
+                            }
                         });
                     },
                 );
@@ -2856,6 +2880,7 @@ impl FileDialog {
             path,
             self.show_files,
             self.config.storage.show_hidden,
+            self.config.storage.show_system_files,
             self.get_selected_file_filter(),
         ) {
             Ok(content) => content,