JDirChooser - Java Directory Chooser

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JDirChooser - Java Directory Chooser

JDirChooser provides a tree control to allow a user select a directory, it is a Java Directory Chooser.

Inheritance Selection

JDirChooser supports the inheritance selection mode. The default multiple selection mode is the inheritance selection mode.

Code Samples:

// create a JDirChooser JDirChooser dirChooser = new JDirChooser(); // switch JDirChooser to multiple selection mode dirChooser.setMultiSelectionEnabled(true); // switch JDirChooser to single selection mode dirChooser.setMultiSelectionEnabled(false);

Recursive Mode

JDirChooser supports the recursive mode, the will load subdirectory files in a background thread.

Code Samples:

// create a JDirChooser JDirChooser dirChooser = new JDirChooser(); // enable the recursive mode dirChooser.putClientProperty("JDirChooser.recursiveModeEnabled", Boolean.TRUE); // disable the recursive mode dirChooser.putClientProperty("JDirChooser.recursiveModeEnabled", Boolean.FALSE);

Selected Files

Code Samples:

// create a JDirChooser JDirChooser dirChooser = new JDirChooser(); // get the selected file File file = dirChooser.getSelectedFile(); // get all the selected files File[] files = dirChooser.getSelectedFiles();

Build-in Show Dialog

Code Samples:

// create a JDirChooser JDirChooser dirChooser = new JDirChooser(); String msg = "Please select directory"; Icon icon = UIManager.getIcon("OptionPane.informationIcon"); int option = dirChooser.showDialog(null, msg, icon); if(option == JDirChooser.OK_OPTION) { // do something... }