ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
Windows 11 25H2
Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS

A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
FileChooser.setInitialFileName() is ignored on file open dialog
The filename edit box remains empty and the filename is not selected on the files list view.

STEPS TO FOLLOW TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM :
Create folder tmp on the drive root.
Create multiple files with .txt extension
Using javafx.stage.FileChooser fileChooser and javafx.stage.State primaryStage

String directoryPath = new String("/tmp");
String fileName = new String( ... existing filename .txt which is not the first ... );

FileChooser fileChooser = new FileChooser();
fileChooser.setTitle("Open File");
FileChooser.ExtensionFilter extFilter =
new FileChooser.ExtensionFilter("Text files (*.txt)", "*.txt");
fileChooser.getExtensionFilters().add(extFilter);

fileChooser.setInitialDirectory(new File(directoryPath));
fileChooser.setInitialFileName(fileName);

File file = fileChooser.showOpenDialog(primaryStage);


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package application;

import java.io.File;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import javafx.stage.FileChooser;

public class Main extends Application {
@Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
try {
BorderPane root = new BorderPane();
Scene scene = new Scene(root,400,400);
scene.getStylesheets().add(getClass().getResource("application.css").toExternalForm());
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.show();

String directoryPath = new String("/tmp");
String fileName = new String("test.txt");

FileChooser fileChooser = new FileChooser();
fileChooser.setTitle("Open File");
FileChooser.ExtensionFilter extFilter =
new FileChooser.ExtensionFilter("Text files (*.txt)", "*.txt");
fileChooser.getExtensionFilters().add(extFilter);

fileChooser.setInitialDirectory(new File(directoryPath));
fileChooser.setInitialFileName(fileName);

File file = fileChooser.showOpenDialog(primaryStage);

} catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}

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CUSTOMER SUBMITTED WORKAROUND :
Select the file manually like initial filename was not provided at all.


FREQUENCY :
ALWAYS