Namespace Terminal.Gui.FileServices

File system abstraction and services.

The FileServices namespace provides low-level file system operations and abstractions used by file-related views.

Key Types

IFileSystem - Abstraction for file system operations
FileSystemService - Default file system implementation
FileDialogState - State management for file dialogs

For user-facing file selection, see the views in Terminal.Gui.Views:

OpenDialog - File/folder open selection
SaveDialog - File save selection
FileDialog - Base file dialog functionality

Classes

FileSystemColorProvider: Provides a way to get the color of a file or directory.

FileSystemIconProvider: Determines which symbol to use to represent files and directories.

FileSystemTreeBuilder: TreeView builder for creating file system based trees.

Interfaces

IFileOperations: Interface for defining how to handle file/directory deletion, rename and newing attempts in FileDialog.

ISearchMatcher: Defines whether a given file/directory matches a set of search terms.

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