GFFileChooser is a Java class for file selection similar to the Swing JFileChooser, but with some additional features.

• It lists directories in a separate panel from files.
• It has a file-name filter configurable by the user.
• It uses more compact multi-column lists to display the file and directory names.
• The text on the completion button is configurable by the programmer to reflect the intention of the selection.
• When selecting a file to read, it can be configured to respond on a single button click.

The filter recognizes '*', '+', and '?' characters in describing the types of file to be available for selection, as are used in Unix and MS-DOS file-name abbreviation.

GFFileChooser is distributed as a Jar file which contains the source code, the class files, and the Javadoc files for the supporting classes. The file is 128K in size. A description of the class and its methods can be viewed without downloading the whole Jar file.

An example of the appearance of the file chooser can be seen in this screen shot:

Changes since the 2004-September-7 release

There is an option controllable by the user on whether names of hidden files will be displayed on not.

A flaw in the previous version has been fixed. It was not possible to select the name of a directory if the directory also needed to be automatically created by the chooser.

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