File List
A list of existing files (server records) rendered as bordered icon · name · actions rows — the read/manage counterpart to esa-file-upload. Ported from Beacon's simple-file-display.
Preview
<esa-file-list id="files"></esa-file-list>
<script>
el.files = [
{ name: 'nesting-bird-survey-2026.pdf', href: '#' },
{ name: 'weap-signin-2026-05.pdf', href: '#' },
];
</script> import { Component, CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
import '@esa/ecology/esa-file-list';
@Component({
selector: 'app-file-list-demo',
standalone: true,
schemas: [CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA],
template: `
<esa-file-list id="files" [files]="files"></esa-file-list>
`,
})
export class FileListDemo {
files = [
{ name: 'nesting-bird-survey-2026.pdf', href: '#' },
{ name: 'weap-signin-2026-05.pdf', href: '#' },
];
} Download & remove
Each row can carry a download action, a remove action, or both. The editor case uses removable with downloadable=false; a read-only display uses the default (download only).
<esa-file-list downloadable removable></esa-file-list> <!-- both -->
<esa-file-list removable downloadable="false"></esa-file-list> <!-- remove only --> import { Component, CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
import '@esa/ecology/esa-file-list';
@Component({
selector: 'app-file-list-demo',
standalone: true,
schemas: [CUSTOM_ELEMENTS_SCHEMA],
template: `
<esa-file-list downloadable removable></esa-file-list>
<!-- both -->
<esa-file-list removable downloadable="false"></esa-file-list>
<!-- remove only -->
`,
})
export class FileListDemo {} API
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
files | EsaFile[] | [] | The files to list. Set as a property (an array, not an attribute). A row with an href renders its name as a link. |
removable | boolean | false | Show a remove button on each row; removing drops it from the local files copy and emits remove. |
downloadable | boolean | true | Show a download button on each row (emits download). On by default. Write `="false"` to turn it off — unusually for a boolean attribute, this one reads the value. |
Events
| Event | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
download | CustomEvent<{ file, index }> | — | Fired when a row’s download button is clicked. Composed and bubbles. |
remove | CustomEvent<{ file, index }> | — | Fired when a row’s remove button is clicked. The row is removed from the local files copy first. Composed and bubbles. |
Accessibility
- Each action button carries an explicit
aria-labelnaming the file (e.g. “Download nesting-bird-survey.pdf”). - File names truncate with ellipsis; the full name is available via the row
title. - Removing a row updates the local
filesarray and emitsremove; consumers persist the change.
Theming surface
Every public token this component reads, extracted from its source at build time,
split by blast radius: the hooks that belong to this component,
then the shared and system tokens it consumes alongside everything else. The
Resolves to column walks each token's real lineage —
component → semantic → primitive → raw value — so you
can see exactly where re-pointing it lands. A spoke re-skins by overriding these in
its theme-<slug>.css; component internals are never edited. No
hook for what you need? File it with /request-lego.
Type roles it names
This component does not set a size, weight, face or tracking of its own — it names a composite, and the composite carries all five. A composite is a class rather than a token, so none of it appears in the tables below; re-theme text by re-pointing the token family, not by editing the component.
| Role | Re-point | Reach |
|---|---|---|
.typography-microcopy-sm-subtle |
| +3 more componentsesa-app-shell, esa-file-upload, esa-filter-dropdown |
Wired to this component
No other component reads these — re-point them and esa-file-list is the
only thing that moves.
| Token | Tier | Resolves to |
|---|---|---|
--file-list-row-padding-x | component | 0.75rem via --spacing-300 |
--file-list-row-padding-y | component | 2px |
Shared tokens it reads
Owned by a family or by the semantic layer. Still overridable — but scope the
override (esa-foo { --form-border-color: … }) unless you mean to move
everything that reads it. Reach says what else that is.
| Token | Reach | Resolves to |
|---|---|---|
--focus-ring-color | component focus ring group · +34 more | #3e9b4f via --color-border-default-focus → --color-grass-10 |
--focus-ring-width | component focus ring group · +35 more | 2px via --border-width-focus → --border-width-200 |
--border-width-default | semantic every component | 1px via --border-width-100 |
--color-background-elevation-raised | semantic every component | #fcfcfc via --color-gray-1 |
--color-background-elevation-sunken | semantic every component | #f0f0f0 via --color-gray-3 |
--color-border-default | semantic every component | one role per property, so a theme can move the ring's weight and its colour independently. Tier 3's --focus-ring-width now reads this instead of holding a bare 2px, which is the same shape --focus-ring-color has always had (a thin tier-3 alias over a tier-2 role) — width was simply never given the tier-2 half.
*
* This role was rejected once, and the rejection is worth recording because its PREMISE was wrong rather than its reasoning. The argument against an `emphasis` width was that every 2px border in the kit is micro-geometry — spinner rings, the kbd keycap lip, a chevron. The focus ring was not in that enumeration and does not fit it: 33 components render it, more than read any other tier-3 token, and it is not micro-geometry but an accessibility affordance whose weight is a legitimate brand axis (a spoke that needs a heavier ring for contrast has to be able to reach it). It is also not a `border` in any component — every consumer paints it with `outline` or `box-shadow` — which is precisely why a survey of BORDERS missed it. The name still says `border` because tier 2 already calls the ring's colour --color-border-default-focus |
--color-content-brand | semantic every component | #2a7e3b via --color-grass-11 |
--color-content-default | semantic every component | #202020 via --color-gray-12 |
--color-content-default-secondary | semantic every component | #646464 via --color-gray-11 |
--color-content-utility-danger | semantic every component | #ce2c31 via --color-red-11 |
--radius-sm | semantic every component | 0.25rem via --radius-100 |
--transition-fast | semantic every component | 150ms via --duration-150 |
--spacing-050 | primitive every component | 0.125rem |
--spacing-150 | primitive every component | 0.375rem |
--spacing-200 | primitive every component | 0.5rem |