Hello everyone, the new release with the much requested USB support is finally here! (Couldn't have done it without @DarkMatterCore's usb library) It's worth mentioning since it is such a big update (backend changes and FS refactor) there *may* be some issues, but the only way I can find and fix those is through you guys! However rest assured, I did run a lot of tests myself to make sure it is functioning as expected. If I waited a month, it would've been exactly 2 years since the last release .

Change-log:

• FS:
  • Added support for browsing USB devices.
  • Switched back to libc to handle FS operations.
  • Brought back support for browsing other devices such as safe, user and system.
• GUI:
  • Update to imGui v1.88.
  • Switch to imGui's new keyEvent API.
  • The two views (File Browser and Settings) can now be navigated as tabs.
  • Switched from list view to a table view using imGui's table API.
  • Sorting is no longer applied from settings, it can be done directly by clicking on the table column headers.
  • A new selector has been added to allow the user to switch to different devices such as safe, user, USB etc.
  • Settings are no longer categorized by imGui's tree system.
  • No longer uses SDL2 as a backend, but instead uses opengl v3 directly (along with egl).
• Fixes:
  • Properly delete config file if the config file version is outdated.
  • Properly free textures after exiting application.
  • Fixed scrolling via the right joystick after zooming into an image.
  • Lots of code clean up and under the hood changes that are too many to list here.

Spoiler: Screenshots

Download: https://github.com/joel16/NX-Shell/releases

 

[Zumoly]

I can confirm left and right analog movement (for both) works.

 

[leonmagnus99]

awesome bruv keep it up.

Add movie player please. (MP4 and MKV with H.264 codec support)

this would be nice , id also like to watch my hen- i mean animu on the switch.

 

[sora10pls]

Copying files/folders will replace the Copy function with Paste, giving the user 2 Paste functions (see here). This should be revised.
There is a typo when deleting files/folders, "Confirm deleton"; I've submitted a Pull Request that fixes this.
System Clock at the top-right is off for me; my Switch is set to "UTC -04:00 New York, Toronto", and the time in NX-Shell is 4 hours ahead.

Other than that, great work on the tool! I'm excited for added functionality and some fixes.

 

[Zumoly]

Would be great to select multiple files to delete, copy & paste (selection feature) as well.

 

[Deleted-351540]

Spoiler: you have a tpyo here

Looks like some new Decepticon from Transformers. Or a super from Incredibles 2. Or a GBATemp mod name lol.

"I am deleton, here to delete trolls and all shitposts."

 

[Deleted User]

Damn looks nice! Good job.
I was thinking of suggestions and here are mine.
FTP built in
MP3 support
MP4 support

 

[Joel16]

Wasn't talking for myself mind you. Accidents could happen especially if there is no confirmation box. Also these could be deleted by kids.
It might be a good idea to password protect or deactivate the internal files access in the option.
OP could consider this in future update.

Look at the screenshots, there is a confirmation for deletion.

Also to address everyone (sorry didn't expect so many responses), a dark theme toggle will be later implemented. Multi select should also show up at some point along with FTP support. There's no USB support at this point but they may come up later. Audio playback is planned, videos however is something I've never worked with so I don't want to have any say on that. Sorting, renaming, etc will follow up as well.

 

[Billy Acuña]

@Joel16 to the rescue for our file managing needs!
Thanks a lot for this dude!

 

[Pluupy]

Looks like some new Decepticon from Transformers. Or a super from Incredibles 2. Or a GBATemp mod name lol.

"I am deleton, here to delete trolls and all shitposts."

Deleton for NX Shell mascot pls

 

[Ty_]

And maybe native usb support Switch to PC.

Even if FTP wasn't built into it yet, I'd settle for this

 

[AlphaSapphire]

whats the purpose of this

 

[Dr.Hacknik]

That Material design is sexy af... Makes me feel like I am using a Stock Android File manager.

Nice work!

 

[Joel16]

whats the purpose of this

Really?

 

[Billy Acuña]

Any chance to have rw on ext4 partitions?
For those Lakka/Linux users.

 

[scottgl]

Very nice, would like to have EMMC USER support added.

 

[Joel16]

Any chance to have rw on ext4 partitions?
For those Lakka/Linux users.

Haven't looked into playing around with partitions as yet. I want to get some of the basic functionalities covered before I move into those.

 

[PatrickJr]

Looks great! I love the nice design, looks great on the Switch

 

[cpasjuste]

Good one, was "working" on a file manager too, I guess I'll leave this away for now

 

[GalaxyYT]

How would one go about building this? I wanted to make some custom icons for myself and I'm getting:

I built sdl2 and placed it's files in a bunch of devkitpro's directories as well.

 

[subcon959]

It always feels like a proper homebrew scene once the first file manager is released!