Swing Examples - Open File dialog in Swing

Following example showcase how to show a Open File dialog in swing based application.

We are using the following APIs.

• JFileChooser − To create a file chooser.

• JFileChooser.showOpenDialog() − To show an open file dialog.

Example

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.LayoutManager;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.File;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class SwingTester {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      createWindow();
   }

   private static void createWindow() {    
      JFrame frame = new JFrame("Swing Tester");
      frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
      createUI(frame);
      frame.setSize(560, 200);      
      frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);  
      frame.setVisible(true);
   }

   private static void createUI(final JFrame frame){  
      JPanel panel = new JPanel();
      LayoutManager layout = new FlowLayout();  
      panel.setLayout(layout);       

      JButton button = new JButton("Click Me!");
      final JLabel label = new JLabel();

      button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
         @Override
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
            int option = fileChooser.showOpenDialog(frame);
            if(option == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION){
               File file = fileChooser.getSelectedFile();
               label.setText("File Selected: " + file.getName());
            }else{
               label.setText("Open command canceled");
            }
         }
      });

      panel.add(button);
      panel.add(label);
      frame.getContentPane().add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);    
   }  
} 

Output