OctoPrint Filetab plugin & configuration instructions

__init__.py

import octoprint.plugin

class FiletabPlugin(octoprint.plugin.TemplatePlugin,
                    octoprint.plugin.AssetPlugin):
	def get_template_configs(self):
		return [
			dict(type="tab", name="Files")
		]
	
	def get_assets(self):
		return dict(css=["css/filetab.css"])

__plugin_implementation__ = FiletabPlugin()
__plugin_settings_overlay__ = dict(appearance=dict(components=dict(disabled=dict(sidebar=["files"]))))

README.md

Moving the "Files" component from the sidebar to the tab section

1. Create .octoprint/plugins/filetab, .octoprint/plugins/filetab/templates and .octoprint/plugins/filetab/static/css

2. Copy __init__.py to .octoprint/plugins/filetab

3. Copy filetab_tab.jinja2 to .octoprint/plugins/filetab/templates

4. Copy filetab.css to .octoprint/plugins/filetab/static/css

5. Optional: Adjust the appearance.components.tab.order to list plugin_filetab in .octoprint/config.yaml if you want the "Files" tab to be placed somewhere else than after the regular tab components, e.g.:

   # ...
   appearance:
     components:
       order:
         tab:
         - plugin_filetab
   # ...

6. Restart OctoPrint, verify in the log that it discovered the plugin

filetab.css

#files_wrapper .accordion-heading-button a {
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 8px 15px;
    font-size: 14px;
    line-height: 20px;
    color: #000;
    text-decoration: none;
    background: 0 0;
    -webkit-box-shadow: none;
    -moz-box-shadow: none;
    box-shadow: none;
}

#files {
    clear: both;
}

filetab_tab.jinja2

<div id="files_wrapper">
    <div class="pull-right" style="font-size: 14px;">
        {% include "sidebar/files_header.jinja2" %}
    </div>
    <div id="files">
        {% include "sidebar/files.jinja2" %}
    </div>
</div>

This is a pity. So POC failed for Octopi 0.18.

I welcome any volunteers who want to take over maintenance and turn that into a proper plugin. I already have my hands more than full with maintaining OctoPrint itself plus its ecosystem, I can't do everything 🤷🏻‍♀️

I really appreciate your great work/development of Octoprint. I just wanted to inform that Filetab is no longer working with Octopi 0.18 if someone else has the same problem.

I have packaged this up into an installable plugin
https://github.com/faush01/OctoPrint-Filetab
I have tested on the OctoPrint 1.10.2
Install from URL instructions should work fine.
After more testing and feedback, I will try to have this added to the plugins catalogue.

small warning @faush01 the line here may not apply as you expect if someone has already disabled other sidebar items manually or with something like my dragon drop plugin. settings overlays get tricky with list items like what's being applied in yours. that being said, I can't think of too many people that have mentioned disabling any sidebar items.

I also don't know if you knew about the FileManager plugin or not. It was created after this gist. https://plugins.octoprint.org/plugins/filemanager/

small warning @faush01 the line here may not apply as you expect if someone has already disabled other sidebar items manually or with something like my dragon drop plugin. settings overlays get tricky with list items like what's being applied in yours. that being said, I can't think of too many people that have mentioned disabling any sidebar items.

yeah, there are many problems and overlapping plugin issues with many of the interface altering plugins and settings.

For instance, this plugin does not work with the widescreen plugin

I also don't know if you knew about the FileManager plugin or not. It was created after this gist. https://plugins.octoprint.org/plugins/filemanager/

I have used this one in the past but it has a few issues with layout when you alter the display width, I have a fork of it I am playing with but am not happy with yet.