Question

I’ve a request to make some changes to a little applet that currently use a JFileChooser.
One of the main complaints is that the file chooser is a pain in the ass to use because it behaves differently than the native widget, especially for navigating up to the root level.

So, knowing that and all the other issue JFileChooser suffer (like the zip file caching on windows…), I was wondering that a viable alternative exists in the java world.

Of course, there is SWT that use the native widget, but increasing the applet size by 25 is not really an option. So, is there a better pure java implementation of a file chooser?

Answer 1

You can also try XFileDialog. Haven’t tried it much yet but looks worth evaluating.