'file_selector' does not allow to select multiple directories in desktop's native open panel

google / flutter-desktop-embedding

Experimental plugins for Flutter for Desktop

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'file_selector' does not allow to select multiple directories in desktop's native open panel #826

Closed asingh1098 closed 3 years ago

asingh1098 commented 3 years ago

Earlier file_chooser allowed the user to select multiple directories in the desktop's native open panel. Now that file_chooser has been superseded by file_selector it is obvious to use the latter but it does not allow the user to select multiple directories. It would be nice to have that functionality in file_selector, for desktop, as well.

stuartmorgan commented 3 years ago

The API for file_selector is controlled by the front-end plugin; what is in this repository is just implementations of that interface. Requests for new APIs need to be made against the main plugin in flutter/flutter. (IIRC I raised this during the API design discussion for file_selector, and there were questions about whether it was something anyone would actually want to do, so it would be helpful when you file the request there you explain the use case.)