Setting Self Created File Filter as Default

Question

Hello Guys,
I need some help out here. I have created a simple file filter and I have added it to a JFileChooser. Now when the FileChooser Dialog is loaded it shows the All Files Filter whereas I want the mine to be the default filter when the dialog loads. Also I do not want the Default File Filter (All Files) to be disabled. So both the filters should be enabled with my filter loading as default at runtime. Please Help.

Answer 1

Here is the sample code,
//=====================================================================
//Assuming that you have a JFileChooser object created by the reference fileChooser
JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
//To disable the default select all FIleFIlter call setAcceptAllFIleFilterUsed(false);
fileChooser.setAcceptAllFIleFilterUsed(false);
//set your desired FileFIlter
//Please note that the last filter is the one selected by default
//Suppose you have three FileFIlters namely
//FIleFIlterA, FIleFIlterB,FIleFIlterC
//fileChooser.setFileFIlter(yourFIlterA);
//fileChooser.setFileFIlter(yourFIlterB);
//fileChooser.setFileFIlter(yourFIlterC);
//Now FIleFIlterC will be shown selected by default
fileChooser.setFileFIlter(yourFIlter);
//Call any of the showDialog methods to open a dialog
fileChooser.showDialog(null, "Select File");
//===========================================================================
Hope this will solve your problem
Best regards,
MMM