ShellBrowser Properties

This property should only be used by advanced users. It sets or returns the absolute ItemIdList of the current object. The returned pointer to an ItemIdList will be valid, until a new object was selected.

Activates asynchronous file operations executed via InvokeContextMenuCommand(ShellCommand).

Get the default sort column of the currently selected ShellFolder.

Specifies, whether filename are presented with file extensions or not. By default, this depends on the respective setting in Windows Explorer.

If FileSystemOnly is set to True, objects and virtual folders which do not have a file system path, will not be displayed. Exceptions are 'My Computer', 'Libraries' and 'Network'

You can use a single pattern, e.g. '*.doc' or concatenate several patterns using semicolons to separate them, e.g. '*.exe;*.com'.

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the Filter property applies to files only, but all folders are listed.

Use Folder to specify the path of the folder, which should be browsed or to get the path that is currently active.

This property should only be used by advanced users. The returned ItemIdList has to be freed when it is not needed any more.

Gets or set the full path of the active object.

Checks if the currently active object has subfolders.

Use IconNumber to get the number of the icon for the current object.

True if the currently active object is a folder and can be browsed.

Can be used to query if the currently active object is a folder or not.

Returns the relative ItemIdList of the current element in this instance.

Holds a list of files that serves as selection for some operations like showing the context menu.

Use ObjectName to specify the current object or to retrieve the file system name of the current object. A valid folder must be set, see FullPath and SpecialFolder

If set to 'true', context menu operations that make changes to the file system will not be executed.

Use SelectedIconNumber to get the number of the 'opened' icon for the current object.

If set to to 'true', error messages will be shown to the user. If set to 'false', error messages will be suppressed.

Decides if the shell context menu is added above or below the supplied ContextMenuStrip.

Get or set a special folder as the currently active folder

Get or set a special object as the currently active object

The current version of the ShellBrowser.