Question

I current have a JFrame application that uses JTextField’s for input of file location as per the code below.

    txtSource = new JTextField();
    txtSource.setToolTipText("/location/of/file/test.txt");
    txtSource.setText("/location/of/file/test.txt");
    txtSource.setBounds(16, 122, 412, 29);
    contentPane.add(txtSource);
    txtSource.setColumns(10);

What I would like to do is allow a directory search for the user to select the location of the file on the local computer and that location would populate into the Textbox.

I found the below information on JCHooser, but I’m not sure if this is way to go and would like assistance on how to implement.

String filename = File.separator+"tmp";
JFileChooser fc = new JFileChooser(new File(filename));

// Show open dialog; this method does not return until the dialog is closed
fc.showOpenDialog(frame);
File selFile = fc.getSelectedFile();

// Show save dialog; this method does not return until the dialog is closed
fc.showSaveDialog(frame);
selFile = fc.getSelectedFile();

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Use

    int option = fc.showOpenDialog(frame);
    if (option == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
            txtSource.setText(fc.getSelectedFile().getAbsolutePath())
    }

populates the text field with the selected file absolute file location