FolderChooser - refresh - rescanCurrentDirectory

[maximhallow]

Hi,

I wonder why FolderChooser does not implement "rescanCurrentDirectory"? There is a "refresh"-action and a binding for the "F5" key. but the UI calls the parent method in BasicFileChooserUI - but this method is empty! So it seams to be that there is no chance to refresh the folder structure to show external changes.

Can anybody help me?

Maxim

[JIDE Support]

The empty method is on Swing's code. We are not sure how to do this either. For now, you can use FolderChooser#updateUI to refresh.

Thanks,

[maximhallow]

oh sorry, i didn't mean "rescanDirectory". What i am looking for is a method to rescan the directory structure from the hard disk.

[JIDE Support]

I knew. The updateUI method is the only way to reload the directory structure from the hard disk. There should be a method to rescan the current folder but it is not available right now.

Thanks,

[maximhallow]

when I call "updateUI" the GUI seams to be painting problems... the recent list is not visible anymore and so on. Do you know the reason?

[JIDE Support]

We didn't load the recent list from the FolderChooser. I would consider this is a bug. We will try to fix it along with the refresh issue. I think it is better to add a button on the tool bar of FolderChooser to refresh. It will be very useful.

Thanks,

[JIDE Support]

Just so you know, 2.4.0 release should fix this. A refresh button is added and setRecentList is also fixed.

Thanks,

[maximhallow]

Great to read this news, but i found the following bugs:

1. The tooltip von the refresh button is wrong.
2. the refresh button has to be controlled also by F5 key (like in Windows Explorer)
3. after pressing the refresh button the gui painting is broke. My folderchooser is extended by my own accessory component, but after refreshing the folder structure my accessory and the build buttons and the recent list overlap...

best regards,
Maxim

[JIDE Support]

I just fixed both 1 and 2 and checked into the open source JIDE Common Layer. You can check it out from svn or wait for the next formal release in about a week or so.

I don't know how to reproduce issue 3. Could you please modify FolderChooserDemo to reproduce it?

Thanks,

[JIDE Support]

Just so you know, 2.4.2 release fixed the 1 and 2.

Thanks,

[maximhallow]

Ok, the problem is still present in current version 2.5

To reproduce it please include the follwing line in the code of FolderChooserDemo:

_folderChooser.setAccessory(new JCheckBox("Recursive"));

Then open the FolderChooser and press the "refresh"-button. After that the navigation panel (below the checkbox) is hidden or the checkbox overlaps the navigation panel.

Best regards,
Maxim

[maximhallow]

For the moment, you can use the following workaround:

Just override the updateUI method:

FolderChooer fcr = new FolderChooser()
{
public void updateUI()
{
JComponent c = getAccessory();
this.setAccessory(null);
super.updateUI();
this.setAccessory(c);
}
};

[JIDE Support]

I will make sure it is fixed and will let you know when it is released.

Thanks,

[JIDE Support]

Please download 2.5.0 release again which fixed this bug.

Thanks,

[maximhallow]

Sorry, i downloaded 2.5 anew but both bugs are just present...

[JIDE Support]

I meant the 2.5 JIDE release on JIDE website, not JIDE Common Layer release on java.net. We forgot to update java.net and will do it on Monday. For now, you can get everything from SVN and use ant to build the release yourself.

Thanks,

[JIDE Support]

I just updated 2.5.0 release on the java.net.

Thanks,