JFileChooser UIManager keys (I18n)

Hello everybody,
for a multi-language application I need to change the filechooser texts at runtime.
This can be done e.g. with
UIManager.put("FileChooser.cancelButtonText", myNewCancelTxt);Most of the keys like "FileChooser.cancelButtonText" can be found in the source files BasicFileChooserUI.java and MetalFilechooserUI.java. But not all. Where is for example "FileChooser.fileNameHeaderText" hidden, and what are the key names of the items of the menu popping up at a RMB click (they offer "View" and "Refresh")?
I have been looking for a properties file where all these keys are given, but didn't find one.
Regards
J�rg

But not all. Where is for example
"FileChooser.fileNameHeaderText" hidden, and what are
the key names of the items of the menu popping up at
a RMB click (they offer "View" and "Refresh")?
I have been looking for a properties file where all
these keys are given, but didn't find one.
Searching through the source code for "fileNameHeaderText" I found a bunch of resource files in the com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.resources package ("windows.java", "windows_de.java", etc) that seems to define some constants for the filechooser UI. Maybe that is what you are looking for?

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