Dex,
How about the below? Just an idea! Far from completion.
<table class="module">
<tr>
<td align="center" width="300">

<?php
$data = directorytoarray();
sort($data);
$count = count($data);
?>

<h3 style="margin:0px 0px 5px 0px;"><?php echo $xedit['Phrase']['11']; ?> (<?php echo $count; ?> <?php echo $xedit['Phrase']['12']; ?>)</h3>

<script type="text/javascript">
function switchMethod(show, hide) {
document.getElementById(show).style.display='inline';
document.getElementById(hide).style.display='none';
}
</script>
<input type="radio" name="omethod" checked onclick="switchMethod('filelist', 'manual');" /><?php echo $xedit['Phrase']['13']; ?><br />
<input type="radio" name="omethod" onclick="switchMethod('manual', 'filelist');" /><?php echo $xedit['Phrase']['14']; ?><br />

<form id="filelist" method="post" action="" onSubmit="return dropdown(this.gourl)" style="display: inline;">
<select name="gourl">
<option value=""><?php echo $xedit['Phrase']['13']; ?></option>

<?php
foreach ($data as $key => $read) {
$read = str_replace("<###>./", "", "<###>" . $read);
echo '<option value="' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . "?action=open&file=" . $read . '">' . $read . "</option>";
}
?>

</select>
<div><input style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;" type="submit" value="<?php echo $xedit['Phrase']['11']; ?>"></div>
</form>

<form id="manual" method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" style="display: none;">
<input name="action" type="hidden" value="open">
<input name="file" type="text" value="<?php echo $_REQUEST['file']; ?>">
<div><input style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0px;" type="submit" value="<?php echo $xedit['Phrase']['14']; ?>"></div>
</form>

</td>
</tr>
</table>
Also, you missed yet another </option> in the first option element, which has $xedit['Phrase']['13']

No problem D3x, real life goes first 

some minor changes available at http://t2b.110mb.com/xedit.txt again

I included the changes in this post (http://www.thehosthelpers.com/xedit-website-editor-t855.0.html;msg9962#msg9962):
The changes I made since the last post have stars***. to recap, since your last release, this changed:

ROOT FOLDER:

• Added a setting (settings page) to change the directory listing root. When one is set, the manual file open entry field will start with this folder, to save typing. Automatic directory listing will only list this folder. (awesome if your root has huge amounts of files)
• Editing files at the real root is still possible using the manual open field. NO ./ or ../ are required. Just remove the root directory from the field and enter any other filename.
• **If the directory specified to be set as root does not exist, XeDit will abort with a warning**

MINOR STUFF

• **File type list missed dots for "jpeg" and "midi". I made them ".jpeg", ".midi". I fixed the extension detection to work with any length extensions.**
• Fixed missing references to the French language in code's comments.
• **New theme 'Ruby Red'**

For the not allowed list, every extension will now work. Even if it is shorter or longer than three letters. Your code was taking the last four letters of a filename and assuming it would be the extension. That was why you had "jpeg" and "midi" without dots, right?

I changed if (!in_array(substr($file, -4), $xedit['not_allowed'])) into if (!in_array("." . end(explode(".", $file)), $xedit['not_allowed'])) which will explode the string at dots, automatically go to the last variable in an array if there are multiple dots (the end() function) so that it will always get the right extension.

For the new functions, I created new language phrases where needed.

EDIT: what is with SMF randomly adding list tags everywhere?

thank you =) Let's wait for d3xt3r to return here and see what he thinks =)

I had some more ideas (to get to edit the extension list in the settings page for example)
but it's mroe than average work so I thought to aks you what to do first.

Here is what I had:
Add some random thing that is not an extension (so it will not get blocked) into the array. Somethin glike "LASTLISTENTRY"

Then, on the settings page, do a foreach() on the array of not-allowed list, and filter out the last one.

Make a delete buttion per word, and do a replace  function-ish to remove it from the array.
If one wants to add a word, replace , "LASTLISTENTRY") with ,".NEWEXT", "LASTLiSTENTRY")

that way it might be possible, but to me it seems too much work for something that can be editied by simply opening up xedit.php anyway..

@Mop

I have thought about adding more code interface features. But truthfully, in the end, it's a very basic editor interface. With the exception of some additions that make it a little more user friendly, I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible in the editor interface.

I would like to add some features for one-click adding of IMG HREF META tag fields.

I have not got through all the posts in this thread yet, so I dont know if you have any "one-click" code yet. If not check below url for some experiments I was doing for eoCMS a couple of years ago (hey Confuser). It is quite flexible and should still be very compatible between browsers:
http://paulwratt.110mb.com/bbcode/

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Also I have some custom code to do Goto Line, and Search (& Replace). Those are the 2 main things I require in an editor. I think I also have css mod to show line numbers in textarea (but I dont use these atm, not needed with Goto)

Paul
PS cheers for the continued credit for edit area realestate fix