How to "Open" and "Save" using java

java swing jfilechooser
Huuhaacece picture Huuhaacece · Aug 23, 2010 · Viewed 135.8k times · Source

I want to make an "Open" and "Save" dialog in java. An example of what I want is in the images below:

Open:

Open file dialog

Save:

Save file dialog

How would I go about doing this?

Answer

Erick Robertson picture Erick Robertson · Aug 23, 2010

You want to use a JFileChooser object. It will open and be modal, and block in the thread that opened it until you choose a file.

Open:

JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
if (fileChooser.showOpenDialog(modalToComponent) == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
  File file = fileChooser.getSelectedFile();
  // load from file
}

Save:

JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
if (fileChooser.showSaveDialog(modalToComponent) == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
  File file = fileChooser.getSelectedFile();
  // save to file
}

There are more options you can set to set the file name extension filter, or the current directory. See the API for the javax.swing.JFileChooser for details. There is also a page for "How to Use File Choosers" on Oracle's site:

http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/filechooser.html

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