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mattbdean
mattbdean

Reputation: 2562

How to use the default file chooser for the operating system?

I was just wondering: how does Gmail use the Windows/Mac file chooser to upload files? Is there any way to do this in Java?

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Personally, I don't like the way that the JFileChooser looks like, and I thought it would be better for my users to be able to use something that they're more used to. Tips anyone?

Upvotes: 20

Views: 22524

Answers (4)

Paul Vargas
Paul Vargas

Reputation: 42060

The SWT components have always looked the same styles that are in the running OS. You can see some examples:

It was assumed that from version 7 of Java, Swing styles would be more like that of operating systems, but may see it in Java 8.

Upvotes: 3

Mattias Isegran Bergander
Mattias Isegran Bergander

Reputation: 11909

Use the old java.awt.FileDialog instead:

new java.awt.FileDialog((java.awt.Frame) null).setVisible(true);

Upvotes: 22

Juan Alberto López Cavallotti
Juan Alberto López Cavallotti

Reputation: 4704

You can try using JFileChooser but setting the look and feel to be the platform look and feel:

    try {
        UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
    }catch(Exception ex) {
        ex.printStackTrace();
    }

And that would make all the swing components look nicer!

Upvotes: 15

Guillaume Polet
Guillaume Polet

Reputation: 47637

GMail is a web application that eventually relies on the browser to show this component. Now a good solution is to use the Native Look&Feel of the system which provides a JFileChooser quite similar to what you show:

UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());

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EDIT: Pulsar's solution is even better since it provides the exact dialog you are looking for. I am not sure that it provides all the features of the JFileChooser.

Upvotes: 6

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