Re: Is this a bug in javax.swing.JFileChooser?

From:
Daniel Pitts <googlegroupie@coloraura.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.gui,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.java.help
Date:
16 May 2007 16:23:44 -0700
Message-ID:
<1179357824.579760.78120@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com>
On May 16, 10:54 am, RC <raymond.c...@nospam.noaa.gov> wrote:

When I open a JFileChooser.
If I SINGLE click a directory and click the Open button.
Then I got return $paths/selected_directory.

That is good!

However if I DOUBLE click a directory and click the Open button.
Then I got return $paths/selected_directory/selected_directory

Why I got selected_directory twice from return?
Is this a bug or I missed somethings?

Do you have a solution for that?
Thank Q very much in advance!


If you notice, when you first click the directory, the name appears in
the text field.
When you double click, you enter that directory, but the name stays in
the text field.

The name staying in the text field is definitely what causes your
described behavior.
<sscce>
import javax.swing.*;
public class FileChoo {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        final JFileChooser jFileChooser = new JFileChooser();
 
jFileChooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_AND_DIRECTORIES);
        jFileChooser.showOpenDialog(null);
        System.out.println("file = " +
jFileChooser.getSelectedFile());
    }
}
</sscce>

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