The File Manager interface, like all 'Manager' plugins, consists of two parts, the Browser section, where files are uploaded, manipulated and selected, and the Attributes or Properties section, where the properties of the file link are specified.

Properties

URL - The URL field represents the file links href attribute, or the path to the file.

Description - The Target list specifies where the link will open when clicked.

Text - If a text selection was made before opening the plugin this field will be filled byt the slection. If the selction was any other element (an image for example), the Options section (including the Text, Layout and Class fields) will not be available. If no selection was made pri or to opening the plugin, a text description of the link is required to be entered into this field.

Layout - This field contains optional elements that will be included in the link's description and include the file icon, text (required), file size and file modification date. The Size and Date fields are filled when a file is selcted in the Browser. These values can be edited and the original values restored by clicking the corresponding reload icons

Each of these elements can be re-ordered, and thus affecting the order that they are displayed in the link, by dragging their boxes from left to right / right to left.

These elements will only be included if their corresponding checkboxes are checked. 

Date Class and Size Class - Apply additional classes to the Date and Size span element descriptions in the file link.

The HTML created when inserting a link typically consists of the link/anchor element, the file Icon img element, the file Text, and two span elements each containg the Date and Size values eg:

<a href="/file.pdf" target="_blank">
<img src="/path/to/icon.gif" class="jce_icon"/> 
file text <span class="jce_size">file date</span>
<span class="jce_date">file date</span></a>