Adds code to configure start of search but only the default user directory.
fileChooser.setInitialDirectory( new File(System.getProperty("user.home"))
FileChooserSample2.java
import java.awt.Desktop; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.List; import java.util.logging.Level; import java.util.logging.Logger; import javafx.application.Application; import javafx.event.ActionEvent; import javafx.event.EventHandler; import javafx.geometry.Insets; import javafx.scene.Scene; import javafx.scene.control.Button; import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane; import javafx.scene.layout.Pane; import javafx.scene.layout.VBox; import javafx.stage.FileChooser; import javafx.stage.Stage; public final class FileChooserSample2 extends Application { private Desktop desktop = Desktop.getDesktop(); @Override public void start(final Stage stage) { stage.setTitle("File Chooser Sample"); final FileChooser fileChooser = new FileChooser(); final Button openButton = new Button("Open a Picture..."); final Button openMultipleButton = new Button("Open Pictures..."); openButton.setOnAction( new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() { @Override public void handle(final ActionEvent e) { configureFileChooser(fileChooser); File file = fileChooser.showOpenDialog(stage); if (file != null) { openFile(file); } } }); openMultipleButton.setOnAction( new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() { @Override public void handle(final ActionEvent e) { configureFileChooser(fileChooser); List<File> list = fileChooser.showOpenMultipleDialog(stage); if (list != null) { for (File file : list) { openFile(file); } } } }); final GridPane inputGridPane = new GridPane(); GridPane.setConstraints(openButton, 0, 0); GridPane.setConstraints(openMultipleButton, 1, 0); inputGridPane.setHgap(6); inputGridPane.setVgap(6); inputGridPane.getChildren().addAll(openButton, openMultipleButton); final Pane rootGroup = new VBox(12); rootGroup.getChildren().addAll(inputGridPane); rootGroup.setPadding(new Insets(12, 12, 12, 12)); stage.setScene(new Scene(rootGroup)); stage.show(); } public static void main(String[] args) { Application.launch(args); } private static void configureFileChooser(final FileChooser fileChooser){ fileChooser.setTitle("View Pictures"); fileChooser.setInitialDirectory( new File(System.getProperty("user.home")) ); } private void openFile(File file) { try { desktop.open(file); } catch (IOException ex) { Logger.getLogger( FileChooserSample.class.getName()).log( Level.SEVERE, null, ex ); } } }
Maintained by John Loomis, updated Sat Jan 27 16:40:00 2018