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Robin Güldenpfennig
May 09, 2017Brass Contributor
Using file picker component in SharePoint Framework Web Part
Is it somehow possible to use the file picker control which is being used by Microsofts Client-Side Web Parts (like the Document or Quick links Web Parts) in our own Web Parts? I have th...
Robin Güldenpfennig
May 18, 2017Brass Contributor
Sorry to ask you directly, but can you help out maybe? VesaJuvonen Waldek Mastykarz
Jun 06, 2017
I don't think there is a ready-to-use component for it. If you'd like to use it, you'd need to build it yourself using the building blocks from Office UI Fabric.
- Anas NakawaJul 09, 2018Copper Contributor
Waldek Mastykarz are there any plans from Microsoft to release a file picker ( Asset Picker ) component anytime in the future?
in Classic SharePoint there was an already component that we can just utilize.
- Jul 18, 2018
I don't know of any plans to release a first party component, but if I had to make a bet, I'd say that it's a reasonable request for the Reusable React controls for SPFx solutions or Reusable SPFx property pane controls.
- ShqipognjaNov 20, 2018Copper Contributor
Are all the standard web parts that ship on Modern Pages, "1st party" components and therefore not open source? What is the standard and best practice approach for extending the 1st party components in this case? Understandably a use case for creating a uniform user experience would be to have the same file picker utility for various custom web parts, but as it stands that does not seem possible.