In a JavaFX dialog, I would like to show a list of files with their icons and file names.
It was easy to find how to get an icon for a file extension:
Here is an example for a list view with file icons:

import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.HashMap;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.embed.swing.SwingFXUtils;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.ListCell;
import javafx.scene.control.ListView;
import javafx.scene.image.Image;
import javafx.scene.image.ImageView;
import javafx.scene.layout.Priority;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.util.Callback;
import javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView;
public class ListViewCellFactory2 extends Application {
ListView list = new ListView();
ObservableList data = FXCollections.observableArrayList(
"a.msg", "a1.msg", "b.txt", "c.pdf",
"d.html", "e.png", "f.zip",
"g.docx", "h.xlsx", "i.pptx");
@Override
public void start(Stage stage) {
VBox box = new VBox();
Scene scene = new Scene(box, 200, 200);
stage.setScene(scene);
stage.setTitle("ListViewSample");
box.getChildren().addAll(list);
VBox.setVgrow(list, Priority.ALWAYS);
list.setItems(data);
list.setCellFactory(new Callback, ListCell>() {
@Override
public ListCell call(ListView list) {
return new AttachmentListCell();
}
});
stage.show();
}
private static class AttachmentListCell extends ListCell {
@Override
public void updateItem(String item, boolean empty) {
super.updateItem(item, empty);
if (empty) {
setGraphic(null);
setText(null);
} else {
Image fxImage = getFileIcon(item);
ImageView imageView = new ImageView(fxImage);
setGraphic(imageView);
setText(item);
}
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
static HashMap mapOfFileExtToSmallIcon = new HashMap();
private static String getFileExt(String fname) {
String ext = ".";
int p = fname.lastIndexOf('.');
if (p >= 0) {
ext = fname.substring(p);
}
return ext.toLowerCase();
}
private static javax.swing.Icon getJSwingIconFromFileSystem(File file) {
// Windows {
FileSystemView view = FileSystemView.getFileSystemView();
javax.swing.Icon icon = view.getSystemIcon(file);
// }
// OS X {
//final javax.swing.JFileChooser fc = new javax.swing.JFileChooser();
//javax.swing.Icon icon = fc.getUI().getFileView(fc).getIcon(file);
// }
return icon;
}
private static Image getFileIcon(String fname) {
final String ext = getFileExt(fname);
Image fileIcon = mapOfFileExtToSmallIcon.get(ext);
if (fileIcon == null) {
javax.swing.Icon jswingIcon = null;
File file = new File(fname);
if (file.exists()) {
jswingIcon = getJSwingIconFromFileSystem(file);
}
else {
File tempFile = null;
try {
tempFile = File.createTempFile("icon", ext);
jswingIcon = getJSwingIconFromFileSystem(tempFile);
}
catch (IOException ignored) {
// Cannot create temporary file.
}
finally {
if (tempFile != null) tempFile.delete();
}
}
if (jswingIcon != null) {
fileIcon = jswingIconToImage(jswingIcon);
mapOfFileExtToSmallIcon.put(ext, fileIcon);
}
}
return fileIcon;
}
private static Image jswingIconToImage(javax.swing.Icon jswingIcon) {
BufferedImage bufferedImage = new BufferedImage(jswingIcon.getIconWidth(), jswingIcon.getIconHeight(),
BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
jswingIcon.paintIcon(null, bufferedImage.getGraphics(), 0, 0);
return SwingFXUtils.toFXImage(bufferedImage, null);
}
}
EDIT: On a HDPI monitor, the file icons are clipped.