Missing file chooser control

[Pedro Duque Vieira]

@Richard, @Phil Thanks for the information.

Cheers,

On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Phil Race <philip.race at oracle.com> wrote:

> And a good one is likely to be available in platform-specific variations
> unless you really don't care and say so and can hold the line on that.
>
> But you maybe should take a look at the JDK code and what Swing
> had to do on Windows in terms of the file system etc.
>
> There can be subtleties like really sucky performance if you get it wrong.
> So a toy chooser might be easy. A full blown one very hard.
>
> -phil.
>
>
>
> On 1/16/2013 9:24 AM, Richard Bair wrote:
>
>> I would have a class "CustomFileChooser" that extends Object and adds
>> whatever API you want to support customized file choosers. Then in the show
>> methods create and show a dialog with whatever UI you want and use the
>> normal Java APIs to access the filesystem.
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> On Jan 16, 2013, at 8:05 AM, Pedro Duque Vieira <
>> pedro.duquevieira at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Hi Richard,
>>>
>>> Can you give some pointers on how one could go about do it?
>>>
>>> Thanks, cheers,
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Richard Bair <richard.bair at oracle.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> It is unlikely that we will build a customizable file chooser dialog in
>>> the core platform. Is it possible to create one in, for example, jfxtras?
>>> Our experience with the file chooser in Swing was that it was an incredible
>>> time sink and seemingly never pleased anybody. It was customized though and
>>> there is no doubt people want such a dialog. But I see it as a good 3rd
>>> party control opportunity (maybe several of them to please the varied use
>>> cases).
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>> On Jan 16, 2013, at 6:24 AM, Pedro Duque Vieira <
>>> pedro.duquevieira at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>  I've you filled one? If so it would be better if I vote on your issue.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Randahl Fink Isaksen <
>>>> randahl at rockit.dk>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  You are not alone. I suggest you file a Jira feature request at
>>>>> http://javafx-jira.kenai.com/**browse/RT<http://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT>
>>>>>
>>>>> Randahl
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 10, 2013, at 16:42 , Pedro Duque Vieira <
>>>>> pedro.duquevieira at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I miss a file chooser control like the one Swing had. In javafx it is
>>>>>> integrated with a dialog so you can't customize what appears
>>>>>> alongside.
>>>>>> For instance, in swing it was possible to add an image next to the
>>>>>> file
>>>>>> chooser to show a preview of the file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Pedro Duque Vieira
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Pedro Duque Vieira
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Pedro Duque Vieira
>>>
>>
>


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Pedro Duque Vieira