# Shadcn File Browser

> Data grid file browser

- Type: example, free and open source (MIT)
- Component: [File Type](https://reui.io/components/file-type.md)
- Page: https://reui.io/components/file-type/c-file-type-6
- Docs (Base UI): https://reui.io/docs/components/base/file-type.md
- Docs (Radix UI): https://reui.io/docs/components/radix/file-type.md
- MCP: `get_example("c-file-type-6")`
- Registry item: https://reui.io/r/styles/base-nova/c-file-type-6.json
- Uses: Data Grid, File Type

## Best for

Folders sorted ahead of files, a Type column filled from each family, and item counts in place of sizes for folders

## Agent notes

- `files` is sample data with `size` in bytes and `modified` as an ISO date; map your storage records onto `FileItem`
- `manualPagination` keeps all rows on one page; drop it and the bundled pagination model shows 10 rows with no pager rendered

## When not to use

- Record tables that sort and page where no row stands for a document: use [Data Grid](https://reui.io/components/data-grid.md) (`get_component("data-grid")`)

## Install

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add @reui/c-file-type-6
```

## About Shadcn File Type

### When to use

- Attachment lists, upload queues and file browser rows, each icon resolved from a name or MIME type
- Export format pickers and legends of the formats a product accepts or produces
- Version tags, document codes and marks such as a lock or star drawn on a document

### When not to use

- A drop zone or picker that collects documents before they are sent: use [File Upload](https://reui.io/components/file-upload.md) (`get_component("file-upload")`)
- Documents carried by a chat message as chips with idle, uploading and error states: use [Attachment](https://reui.io/components/attachment.md) (`get_component("attachment")`)
- A complete drive page with a folder tree, list and grid views and bulk actions: use the [Files blocks](https://reui.io/blocks/solutions/files.md)

### Agent notes

- `type` takes an extension, not a file name: report.pdf passed straight in draws a neutral page labeled REPORT.PDF, so run names through `getFileType`
- `FileType` is not focusable and has no keyboard behavior, so an action goes on a wrapping `Button` or link with its own accessible name

Every ReUI item has a twin like this one; the index is https://reui.io/llms.txt. Agents with the ReUI MCP (https://reui.io/docs/mcp) get the same guidance from the getters named above.