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Re: FileDialog vs JFileChooser

The FileDialog is designed to be a straight pass-though to the native operating system's Open/Save dialog, whereas the JFileChooser is implemented in pure Swing, allowing it to be embedded in other Swing components.

It's not necessarily the case that the JFileChooser is better than the FileDialog because it's newer, they are simply two different implementations with very different design intentions and constraints.

Generally we steer folks towards the FileDialog, even in Swing applications, assuming they want something as close to the native platform's look as possible. Is there additional functionality you use with JFileChoosers that you notice missing with the FileDialog?

Thanks,
Mike Swingler
Java Frameworks Engineer

On May 23, 2006, at 11:04 AM, Paul Archibald wrote:

Our app is currently using JFileChooser(s) for save and open dialogs. However, it used to have a FileDialog for certain situations (save as on the Mac only). That looked better than the JFileChooser on the Macintosh, as it was more Aqua(tic? ish?), having the standard system file chooser look with the sidebar and column/icon views.

Has anyone noticed this? It seems odd that Apple would implement the older, AWT component FileDialog in a more modern way than the newer, Swing JFileChooser. 


Paul Archibald

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
 -- Saul Bellow

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