JFileChooser ("details" and "list")

Question

I need help with figuring out why the "details" and "list" toggle buttons are disabled, i.e. do nothing when clicked, in the JFileChooser dialog. It is also the case that the "details" button is defaulted as chosen. I cannot find anywhere in the code that these two buttons are specifically disabled or enabled. Is there a related type function that needs to be implemented? BTW, this is in JDK1.4. Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

Look in javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalFileChooserUI, line 201 (jdk1.3)
there you can see, that these buttons get created, but disabled. There is no action prepared for these buttons.
What we do with the jdk1.3-Filechooser-UI is to remove these buttons after creation:
UIManager.put("FileChooserUI","MyFileChooserUI");and
public class MyFileChooserUI extends MetalFileChooserUI
     public MyFileChooserUI(JFileChooser filechooser) {
          super(filechooser);
     public static javax.swing.plaf.ComponentUI createUI(javax.swing.JComponent c) {
         return new MyFileChooserUI((JFileChooser) c);
     public void installComponents(JFileChooser fc) {
          super.installComponents(fc);
          // remove list- und details-Button in JRE1.3
          java.awt.Component[] components = fc.getComponents();
          if (((java.awt.Container)components[1]).getComponentCount() > 13) {
               ((java.awt.Container)fc.getComponent(1)).remove(12);
               ((java.awt.Container)fc.getComponent(1)).remove(11);
}