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Version: 2.0.0-preview

File Browser

A tab for browsing and organizing files in the project folder or any other folder, and dragging them onto the timeline to import them. You can also bookmark favorites, search for media files within a project, view thumbnails, and perform file operations such as renaming, deleting, and creating new folders.

Tab characteristics

  • Open by default: Yes
  • Allow multiple instances: No

How to open

Open it from the menu bar via View → Tools → File Browser.

Layout

The tab switches between two views.

  • Home view (default): Stacks three sections vertically — Favorites, Project Directory, and Media Files.
  • Directory browse view: Lists the contents of a folder. Opening any folder switches to this view.

A toolbar is shown at the top regardless of which view is active.

Toolbar buttons

ButtonWhen shownAction
Open FolderBrowse view onlyOpens a folder picker dialog and shows the contents of the selected folder
BreadcrumbBrowse view onlyShows the current folder path as a hierarchy. Click any segment to jump to that level
Display mode toggleBrowse view onlyEach press cycles through List → Tree → Icon
New FolderBrowse view onlyCreates a new folder inside the current folder
RefreshAlwaysReloads the current view
HomeAlwaysReturns to the home view

The file system is monitored automatically: when files or folders are added, removed, renamed, or modified, the view updates on its own. Project-related files (paths containing .bep / .scene / .belm / .beutl) are excluded from monitoring because they change frequently.

Home view

Each section can be collapsed or expanded with the toggle in its header, and the small button to the right of the header switches between icon view and list view.

Favorites

A place for bookmarking any folder or file. The Templates folder (the destination for elements saved via "Save as Template" on the timeline) is always pinned at the top.

  • The favorites list is persisted as a setting and preserved across launches.
  • To add: right-click an item and choose Add to Favorites, or drag and drop onto this section.
  • To remove: right-click a registered item and choose Remove from Favorites.
  • A guide message is shown when nothing is registered.

Project directory

Lists the contents of the project folder that owns the currently open scene. If no project is open, the parent folder of the scene file is used instead.

Media files

Recursively searches the project folder and lists up to 200 image, video, and audio files that it finds.

Directory browse view

Lists the contents of the selected folder using the display mode chosen in the toolbar.

Display modes

  • Icon View: Tiles items as 64x64 thumbnails or icons with their file names.
  • List View: Lays items out one per row with 24x24 thumbnails or icons and their file names.
  • Tree View: Lets you traverse the folder hierarchy by expanding folders.

Thumbnails and tooltips

Thumbnails are generated automatically for images (png / jpg / jpeg / gif / bmp / webp / ico / tiff / tif) and videos (mp4 / avi / mov / mkv / wmv / flv / webm). Files for which a thumbnail cannot be generated are shown with an icon based on their extension.

Hovering an item shows a tooltip with media information.

  • Video: resolution, frame rate, codec, duration, file size
  • Audio (mp3 / wav / ogg / flac / aac / wma / m4a): codec, sample rate, channel count, duration, file size
  • Other files: file size and last modified date

Item operations

Mouse operations

  • Single click: Select (use Ctrl / Shift for multi-selection)
  • Double click: Enter the folder if it is a folder, or open the file with the OS's default application
  • Drag: Hand off the file or folder to the timeline, another tab, or an external application (Finder / Explorer, etc.)

Context menu

ItemAction
OpenEnters the folder if it is a folder, or opens the file with the default application
RenameEnter a new name in a flyout (an error is shown if a file or folder with the same name exists)
DeletePermanently deletes the item after confirmation — it does not go to the trash. Multiple selections are deleted in one go
Add to Favorites / Remove from FavoritesThe label changes depending on whether the item is already a favorite

Drag and drop

From the File Browser to the outside

Drag items from the File Browser onto the Timeline, Element Property tab, or Finder / Explorer, etc. Multiple selected items can also be dragged together. Dropping a video, image, or audio file onto the timeline adds it as the corresponding element.

Within the File Browser

Dragging items between folders or sections inside the File Browser performs a move (not a copy).

  • Drop on a folder item -> moves into that folder
  • Drop on the empty area of the browse view -> moves into the currently shown folder
  • Drop on the Project Directory section in the home view -> moves into the project folder
  • Drop on the Media Files section in the home view -> moves into the resources folder inside the project folder (created automatically if missing)
  • Drops into the same folder, or moving a folder onto itself or one of its descendants, are skipped

From outside into the File Browser

Dropping items from an OS file manager performs a copy (existing files with the same name are not overwritten).

  • Drop on a folder item -> copies into that folder
  • Drop on the Favorites section -> registers the path as a favorite
  • Drop on the Project Directory section -> copies into the project folder
  • Drop on the Media Files section -> copies into the resources folder inside the project folder

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