JFileChooser Replacing File Name

I am using a JFileChooser as a "Save" dialog box. Here is the situation: the user has entered a proposed file name, then he/she double clicks on a directory where the file should be saved. Then they click "Save". At the point the user double clicked the directory, his/her proposed file name has been replaced by the directory name. The user may not notice it before he/she clicks "Save" thus creating a file in the directory with the same name as the directory.
This "proposed file name replacing" behavior is fine when the user clicks a file but shouldn't happen when a directory is selected. The common Windows filechooser gets this right.
Is it possible to make JFileChooser stop doing this?
Thanks!

When you doubleclick, you have to check wether the selection is a file or a directory with the isDirectory() method. You can than decide to overwrite the Stringvalue or not, depending on the case.
KR,
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