Texture Browser — browse and assign textures from local folders

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Texture Browser

A panel plugin that lets you browse textures from any local folder and
assign them to selected faces with a single click — no need to manually
import each texture first.

Features

• 📁 Folder picker — select any folder on disk; textures are listed
  as thumbnails in a responsive grid
• 🔍 Smart filter — type a substring (e.g. brick) and it
  automatically matches red_brick.png, brick_wall.tga, etc.
  Full glob patterns (*.png, wall_*) are also supported.
  By default, if a string does not contain any glob special characters
  (simple pattern), it is treated as enclosed in asterisks (*).
• ✅ One-click assign — click a thumbnail to instantly apply the
  texture to all selected faces across all selected meshes
• 🔖 Used filter — native toolbar toggle to show only textures
  currently in use, so you can spot what's already assigned
• 🧹 Orphan cleanup — optional setting to automatically remove
  textures that become unreferenced after reassignment
• 📐 Configurable thumbnail size — 10%–200% in Settings, updates
  the grid live
• 📂 Configurable scan depth — control how many subfolder levels
  to scan (1–10)
• ↩️ Undo-safe — full undo/redo support including restoration of
  cleaned-up orphan textures

Technical notes

• Uses Blockbench 5.0 native Toolbar + BarTextInput + Action +
  Toggle widgets for all controls
• Minimal Vue — only the texture grid and status messages use a
  template; everything else is Blockbench-native API
• Native APIs accessed via requireNativeModule() with proper
  permission prompts
• Panel attaches to the Textures sidebar tab in Edit mode
• Desktop-only (variant: "desktop")

Preview

Texture list filtering:

2026-05-20.01-36-34.mov

Texture applying and undo:

2026-05-20.01-31-19.mov

A similar material panel in the TrenchBroom editor:

2026-05-20.01-52-13.mov

Example from real project: