jfilechooser

I've a request to make some changes to a little applet that currently use a JFileChooser. One of the main complaints is that the file chooser is a pain in the ass to use because it behaves differently than the native widget, especially for navigating up to the root level. So, knowing that and all the other issue JFileChooser suffer (like the zip file caching on windows...), I was wondering that a viable alternative exists in the java world. Of course, there is SWT that use the native widget, but increasing the applet size by 25 is not really an option. So, is there a better pure java

The JFileChooser seems to be missing afeature: a way to suggest the file name when saving a file (the thing that usually gets selected so that it would get replaced when user starts typing). Is there a way around this? If I understand you correctly, you need to use the setSelectedFile method. JFileChooser jFileChooser = new JFileChooser(); jFileChooser.setSelectedFile(new File("fileToSave.txt")); jFileChooser.showSaveDialog(parent); The file doesn't need to exist. EDIT: If you pass a File with an absolute path, JFileChooser will try to position itself in that directory (if it exists).

I want to make an "Open" and "Save" dialog in java. An example of what I want is in the images below: Open: Save: How would I go about doing this? Mike Clark I would suggest looking into javax.swing.JFileChooser Here is a site with some examples in using as both 'Open' and 'Save'. http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/Swing-JFC/DemonstrationofFiledialogboxes.htm This will be much less work than implementing for yourself. You want to use a JFileChooser object. It will open and be modal, and block in the thread that opened it until you choose a file. Open: JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser()

I am putting a JFileChooser in my program, but that only takes images. So I decided to add filters: Code import javax.swing.*; public class fileChooser { public static void main(String[] args) { JPanel panel = new JPanel(); final JFileChooser fc = new JFileChooser(); int file = fc.showOpenDialog(panel); fc.addChoosableFileFilter(new ImageFilter()); fc.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed(false); } } I got that straight from the Java tutorials. But Eclipse underlines the following as an error: fc.addChoosableFileFilter(new ImageFilter()); fc.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed(false); Any suggestions? I am

I want to limit my users to a directory and its sub directories but the "Parent Directory" button allows them to browse to an arbitrary directory. How should I go about doing that? McDowell You can probably do this by setting your own FileSystemView . Incase anyone else needs this in the future: class DirectoryRestrictedFileSystemView extends FileSystemView { private final File[] rootDirectories; DirectoryRestrictedFileSystemView(File rootDirectory) { this.rootDirectories = new File[] {rootDirectory}; } DirectoryRestrictedFileSystemView(File[] rootDirectories) { this.rootDirectories =