I want to restrict a JFileChooser
to select only mp3 files. But, the following code allows all file types:
FileFilter filter = new FileNameExtensionFilter("MP3 File","mp3");
fileChooser.addChoosableFileFilter(filter);
fileChooser.showOpenDialog(frame);
File file = fileChooser.getSelectedFile();
Try and use fileChooser.setFileFilter(filter)
instead of fileChooser.addChoosableFileFilter(filter);
Try:
FileFilter filter = new FileNameExtensionFilter("My mp3 description", "mp3");
The first argument is simply a description of the FileNameExtensionFilter
- and since the second argument is var args, you can leave it out like you did, effectively meaning there is no filter.
If you want only mp3 files:
import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
import javax.swing.filechooser.FileNameExtensionFilter;
public class SalutonFrame {
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser();
fileChooser.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed(false);
FileNameExtensionFilter filter = new FileNameExtensionFilter("MPEG3 songs", "mp3");
fileChooser.addChoosableFileFilter(filter);
fileChooser.showOpenDialog(null);
}
}
fileChooser.addChoosableFileFilter(filter)
will add a custom file filter to the list of user-choosable filters. By default, the list of user-choosable filters includes the Accept All filter, which enables the user to see all non-hidden files.
You will need to invoke: fileFilter.setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed(false)
The setAcceptAllFileFilterUsed(boolean)
determines whether the AcceptAll FileFilter is used as an available choice in the choosable filter list. If false
, the AcceptAll file filter is removed from the list of available file filters. If true
, the AcceptAll file filter will become the the actively used file filter.
This code snippet may help you:
JFileChooser jfc=new JFileChooser(System.getProperty("user.dir","."));
FileFilter ff = new FileFilter(){
public boolean accept(File f){
if(f.isDirectory()) return true;
else if(f.getName().endsWith(".mp3")) return true;
else return false;
}
public String getDescription(){
return "MP3 files";
}
};
jfc.removeChoosableFileFilter(jfc.getAcceptAllFileFilter());
jfc.setFileFilter(ff);
if(jfc.showDialog(frame,"openG")==JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION){
String fileName = jfc.getSelectedFile().getPath();
}