JFileChooser not seeing network mounted files on 1.7.0_06 on Mac

[Anthony Petrov]

On 8/24/2012 3:29 PM, Paul Taylor wrote:
>>> Well, j.a.FileDialog *is* a native file chooser dialog after all. 
>>> Maybe it's just missing a couple additional calls/styles that would 
>>> enable more native features.
>>>
>> No, because I'm really not clear if I'm doing something wrong here, 
>> and surely having a file dialog that has the functionality of the 
>> dialogs used by another applications is  a long standing existing issue.
>>
>> The other thing Im confused about (in a good way)  is that both 
>> FileDialog and JFileCHooser do seem to correct icons, i,e the 
>> applications folder contains a little blue A on the folder, whereas 
>> this post 
>> http://nadeausoftware.com/node/89#UsingtheJFileChoosertogetMacfileandfoldericons 
>> indicated JFileChooser does not.
>>
>> Paul
>>
> Sorry I did have something wrong, a messup in my source control, so my 
> latets code wasn't being run.
> Now when using FIleDIalog it does display a native dialog , but I want 
> to be able to select folders not files, but it is not letting me, Ive 
> tried using
> 
> System.setProperty("apple.awt.fileDialogForDirectories", "true");
> 
> but seems to have no effect, is this option still supported ?

This is fixed for 7u8 under CR 7161437.

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best regards,
Anthony