Question - How can I get selected file list outside Chonky?

[tomeraz]

Hi,

Handling a use case where I have to know which files are chosen, outside chonky.
Is there a callback, hook or another way that I can use to know which files are chosen, without calling a file action?
Is it possible to dispatch an event to chonky programatically using Javascript, without having the buttons appear in the toolbar?

[TimboKZ]

Hi, getting selections programmatically was a feature in v0.x, but it was not ported to v1.x yet.

Dispatching events programmatically, without adding buttons or actions, is not supported yet.

I am planning to work on both of these features (and some others) over the span of the next few weeks.

[TimboKZ]

I have just released Chonky v1.1.0, which includes various ways of getting and setting the current file selection. You can see the relevant documentation here:
https://timbokz.github.io/Chonky/1.x/?path=/docs/basics-managing-file-selections--selections-example

Can you tell me, does that solve your problem? Or do you still need a programmatic way to dispatch file actions?

[tomeraz]

Thank you 🙏
We can use this to solve our problem. However we downgraded to 0.2.4 and it's doing the job we need well.