Thread: FileDialog with JFrame

Hello everybody,

I want to open a file choose dialog within my swing application. My layout is a JPanel within a JFrame (or subclasses of it) and i want to open an AWT FileDialog because i read it would look more native than the JFileChooser on a mac (is this true?). So for creating the FileDialog i need a awt.Frame as parent. But how can i get an awt Frame from my JFrame? Is it possible?

Thanks,
Nigi

Yes, FileDialog has more of a native look and feel on a mac relative to the JFileChooser. JFrame extends Frame, so just pass this to the constructor.

Thanks,

my problem was that somehow the getParent() method didn't work properly. It returned me a JPanel instead a JFrame, so i had to write a method setFrame() to pass it the frame. But it works now.

But then there is another problem:
Is it true that the setFilenameFilter method has never been implemented for the FileDialog? What a shame. Then I think I have to stick to the not so fancy JFileChooser

Originally Posted by nigi10

Thanks,

my problem was that somehow the getParent() method didn't work properly. It returned me a JPanel instead a JFrame, so i had to write a method setFrame() to pass it the frame. But it works now.

As it should. Content 'added' to a JFrame is added to the content pane of the frame (a JPanel).

Is it true that the setFilenameFilter method has never been implemented for the FileDialog? What a shame. Then I think I have to stick to the not so fancy JFileChooser

See the API for FileDialog