feat(core,gui): file browser menus, sort, history and folder-picker move (phase 4)

The My Files header gets a New menu, a grid/list split button whose menu
sorts by name, size or date (persisted as files_view in the config), and a
folder menu for Build Thumbnails and Open in File Manager. Navigation
keeps a back/forward history (Alt+Left/Right, mouse buttons, Alt+Up).
Move to… browses Drive folders and handles a whole selection, rename
preselects the stem, and files dropped from a file manager upload into
the folder on screen.

crates/pdfs-core/src/config.rs

@@ -124,6 +124,63 @@ pub struct AppConfig {
     /// predating the field.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub proton_accent: Option<bool>,
+    /// How the desktop app's My Files page lays out and orders a folder.
+    /// Defaulted for configs predating the field.
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub files_view: FilesView,
+}
+
+/// The My Files page's view choices, remembered between runs.
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[serde(default)]
+pub struct FilesView {
+    /// Columns instead of the icon grid.
+    pub list: bool,
+    pub sort: FileSort,
+    pub descending: bool,
+    /// Folders ahead of files, whatever the sort.
+    pub folders_first: bool,
+}
+
+impl Default for FilesView {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            list: false,
+            sort: FileSort::Name,
+            descending: false,
+            folders_first: true,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// The key a My Files listing is ordered by.
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
+pub enum FileSort {
+    #[default]
+    Name,
+    Size,
+    Modified,
+}
+
+impl FileSort {
+    /// The name used in the desktop app's actions and the config file.
+    pub fn as_str(self) -> &'static str {
+        match self {
+            FileSort::Name => "name",
+            FileSort::Size => "size",
+            FileSort::Modified => "modified",
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn parse(value: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+        match value {
+            "name" => Some(FileSort::Name),
+            "size" => Some(FileSort::Size),
+            "modified" => Some(FileSort::Modified),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Default for AppConfig {
@@ -139,6 +196,7 @@ impl Default for AppConfig {
             open_with: None,
             prompt: None,
             proton_accent: None,
+            files_view: FilesView::default(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -484,12 +542,29 @@ mod tests {
             open_with: None,
             prompt: None,
             proton_accent: Some(true),
+            files_view: FilesView {
+                list: true,
+                sort: FileSort::Modified,
+                descending: true,
+                folders_first: false,
+            },
         };
         let json = serde_json::to_string(&config).unwrap();
         let decoded: AppConfig = serde_json::from_str(&json).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(decoded.app_version, "external-drive-test-client@1.0.0");
         assert_eq!(decoded.user_agent, "test-agent/1.0");
         assert_eq!(decoded.proton_accent, Some(true));
+        assert_eq!(decoded.files_view, config.files_view);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn a_config_without_a_files_view_gets_the_default() {
+        let decoded: AppConfig =
+            serde_json::from_str(r#"{"app_version":"a","user_agent":"b"}"#).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(decoded.files_view, FilesView::default());
+        let partial: FilesView = serde_json::from_str(r#"{"sort":"size"}"#).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(partial.sort, FileSort::Size);
+        assert!(partial.folders_first);
     }
 
     #[test]

crates/pdfs-gui/resources/style.css

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ progressbar.browser-status-meter trough, progressbar.browser-status-meter progre
 .bulk-bar { padding: 6px 8px; border-radius: 12px; background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-bg-color) 12%, transparent); }
 .dropzone { border: 2px dashed alpha(currentColor, 0.25); border-radius: 16px; padding: 28px 18px; transition: background 160ms ease, border-color 160ms ease; }
 .dropzone-active { border-color: var(--accent-bg-color); background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-bg-color) 10%, transparent); }
+.files-drop-active { outline: 2px dashed var(--accent-bg-color); outline-offset: -4px; border-radius: 12px; background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent-bg-color) 6%, transparent); }
 
 /* Photo viewer: always light-on-dark, whatever the system style */
 .photo-viewer-window { background-color: #111014; }

crates/pdfs-gui/src/app/main.rs

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ use gtk4::glib::BoxedAnyObject;
 
 use pdfs_core::auth;
 
-use pdfs_core::config::AppDirs;
+use pdfs_core::config::{AppDirs, FileSort, FilesView};
 
 use pdfs_core::control::{
     ActivityEntry, ActivityKind, AlbumInfo, BookmarkInfo, ConflictInfo, ConflictKeep, DeviceInfo,
@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@ fn build_window(app: &adw::Application) {
         },
         browser: BrowserState {
             model: browser_widgets.model.clone(),
-            back: browser_widgets.back.clone(),
+            history: RefCell::new(Vec::new()),
+            future: RefCell::new(Vec::new()),
             crumb: browser_widgets.crumb.clone(),
             content: browser_widgets.content.clone(),
             status: browser_widgets.status.clone(),
@@ -402,9 +403,10 @@ fn build_window(app: &adw::Application) {
             split: browser_widgets.split.clone(),
             path: RefCell::new(String::new()),
             search: browser_widgets.search.clone(),
-            new_folder: browser_widgets.new_folder.clone(),
-            upload: browser_widgets.upload.clone(),
-            upload_folder: browser_widgets.upload_folder.clone(),
+            actions: browser_widgets.actions.clone(),
+            view_button: browser_widgets.view_button.clone(),
+            view: Cell::new(FilesView::default()),
+            listing: RefCell::new(Vec::new()),
             build_thumbnails: browser_widgets.build_thumbnails.clone(),
             thumbnail_build_row: browser_widgets.thumbnail_build_row.clone(),
             thumbnail_progress: browser_widgets.thumbnail_progress.clone(),
@@ -420,6 +422,7 @@ fn build_window(app: &adw::Application) {
             bulk_trash: browser_widgets.bulk_trash.clone(),
             bulk_pin: browser_widgets.bulk_pin.clone(),
             bulk_unpin: browser_widgets.bulk_unpin.clone(),
+            bulk_move: browser_widgets.bulk_move.clone(),
             empty_actions: browser_widgets.empty_actions.clone(),
             summary: browser_widgets.summary.clone(),
             zoom: browser_widgets.zoom.clone(),
@@ -609,13 +612,7 @@ fn build_window(app: &adw::Application) {
         &browser_widgets.empty_upload,
         &browser_widgets.empty_new_folder,
     );
-    wire_browser_actions(
-        &ui,
-        &browser_widgets.new_folder,
-        &browser_widgets.upload,
-        &browser_widgets.upload_folder,
-        &browser_widgets.build_thumbnails,
-    );
+    wire_browser_actions(&ui, &browser_widgets.build_thumbnails);
     wire_details(&ui);
     wire_search(&ui);
     wire_gallery(
@@ -1197,6 +1194,9 @@ fn show_shortcuts(window: &adw::ApplicationWindow) {
             &[
                 ("<Control>n", "New folder"),
                 ("<Control>u", "Upload files"),
+                ("<Alt>Left <Alt>Right", "Back / forward"),
+                ("<Alt>Up", "Parent folder"),
+                ("<Control>1 <Control>2", "Grid / list"),
                 ("F2", "Rename"),
                 ("Delete", "Move to Trash"),
                 ("Escape", "Clear the selection"),
@@ -1260,6 +1260,7 @@ fn install_shortcuts(ui: &Rc<Ui>, window: &adw::ApplicationWindow) {
     let ui = ui.clone();
     controller.connect_key_pressed(move |_, key, _, state| {
         let ctrl = state.contains(gtk4::gdk::ModifierType::CONTROL_MASK);
+        let alt = state.contains(gtk4::gdk::ModifierType::ALT_MASK);
         let on_browser = ui.stack.visible_child_name().as_deref() == Some("browser");
         match key {
             // Refresh works on every page, so it is matched before the
@@ -1276,6 +1277,29 @@ fn install_shortcuts(ui: &Rc<Ui>, window: &adw::ApplicationWindow) {
                 ui.browser.search.grab_focus();
             }
             gtk4::gdk::Key::n | gtk4::gdk::Key::N if ctrl && on_browser => prompt_new_folder(&ui),
+            gtk4::gdk::Key::_1 if ctrl && on_browser => set_files_view(
+                &ui,
+                FilesView {
+                    list: false,
+                    ..ui.browser.view.get()
+                },
+            ),
+            gtk4::gdk::Key::_2 if ctrl && on_browser => set_files_view(
+                &ui,
+                FilesView {
+                    list: true,
+                    ..ui.browser.view.get()
+                },
+            ),
+            gtk4::gdk::Key::Left if alt && on_browser => {
+                ui.browser.actions.activate_action("back", None)
+            }
+            gtk4::gdk::Key::Right if alt && on_browser => {
+                ui.browser.actions.activate_action("forward", None)
+            }
+            gtk4::gdk::Key::Up if alt && on_browser => {
+                ui.browser.actions.activate_action("up", None)
+            }
             gtk4::gdk::Key::u | gtk4::gdk::Key::U if ctrl && on_browser => prompt_upload(&ui),
             gtk4::gdk::Key::F2 if on_browser => {
                 // Renaming is one name at a time; saying so beats a key that

crates/pdfs-gui/src/app/pages/status.rs

@@ -726,14 +726,7 @@ fn quota_status_display(max_space: i64, used_space: i64) -> Option<(f64, String,
 /// that can only fail. A greyed control says so up front.
 pub(crate) fn set_mounted(ui: &Rc<Ui>, mounted: bool) {
     *ui.mounted.borrow_mut() = mounted;
-    ui.browser.new_folder.set_sensitive(mounted);
-    ui.browser.upload.set_sensitive(mounted);
-    ui.browser.upload_folder.set_sensitive(mounted);
-    ui.browser.build_thumbnails.set_sensitive(
-        mounted
-            && (!ui.browser.thumbnail_build_running.get()
-                || !ui.browser.thumbnail_cancel_pending.get()),
-    );
+    sync_mounted_actions(ui, mounted);
     ui.gallery.upload.set_sensitive(mounted);
     ui.details.details.pin_row.set_sensitive(mounted);
     ui.details.details.rename_button.set_sensitive(mounted);

docs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ Schema: **30** (unchanged).
   state, storage and the account; the Settings page became a Preferences dialog (Ctrl+,), with
   transfers on the Sync page and developer details in About. The app follows the system accent
   colour; the Proton purple accent is a preference.
+- **My Files header.** New folder and both uploads sit in one **New** menu; the view button switches
+  grid and list, and its menu sorts by name, size or date, reversed or not, folders first or not.
+  The choice is remembered. Build Thumbnails and Open in File Manager moved to the folder menu.
+- **Browsing history.** Back and forward buttons (Alt+Left/Right, mouse back/forward) replace the
+  single Up button; Alt+Up goes to the parent folder. Back leaves a search first.
+- **Move to…** picks the destination from a folder browser instead of a typed path, and works on a
+  whole selection. Rename selects the name without its extension.
+- **Drop to upload.** Files and folders dropped on My Files upload into the folder on screen. The
+  upload toast links to the Sync page.
 
 ## [1.11.1] — 2026-09-19