How to enable multiple selections in a JFileChooser Dialog with Java?

To enable multiple selections in a JFileChooser dialog, use the setMultiSelectionEnabled() to be TRUE −

JFileChooser file = new JFileChooser();
file.setMultiSelectionEnabled(true);

The following is an example to enable multiple selections in a JFileChooser Dialog −

Example

package my;
import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
public class SwingDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      JFileChooser file = new JFileChooser();
      file.setMultiSelectionEnabled(true);
      file.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_AND_DIRECTORIES);
      file.setFileHidingEnabled(false);
      if (file.showOpenDialog(null) == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
         java.io.File f = file.getSelectedFile();
         System.err.println(f.getPath());
      }
   }
}

Output