Name: vi73552 Date: 04/28/99


For the Windows L&F(and possibly the Metal one, depending on
what platform it wants to imitate) the file returned back from
the getSelectedFile() call is returning what is entered in the
JTextField instead of using what is selected in the JList. If
you look at how the native chooser does it in Windows you'll see
that it always uses what is selected in the listbox. Try going
into Notepad or WordPad and use the "Open..." chooser. Select
a file from the list, then click in the textfield and change the
name, then use Shift-Tab to force the selection back into the
the listbox. Now the selected item in the listbox is different
from what is entered into the textfield. Clicking "Open" button
will open the file selected in the listbox, and NOT the one you
have in the textfield. This is the behavior that the JFileChooser
should be providing.

To see the problem just use the SwingSet demo.

java version "1.2"
Classic VM (build JDK-1.2-V, native threads)
java full version "JDK-1.2-V"
(Review ID: 57267)
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