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Re: FileDialog vs JFileChooser

Mike,

My personal reason for using JFileChooser and not using FileDialog is the lack of multiple file selection.

Larry

Mike Swingler wrote:
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


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