How to change JFileChooser start directory to desktop?

Question

I want to change JFileChooser start directory to desktop. So, in my computer I wrote:

JFileChooser fc = new JFileChooser("C:\\Users\\LNK\\Desktop");

The problem is, when I compile my code and run program in another computer it doesn't work because there are no C:\\Users\\LNK\\Desktop path. So, is there some kind of "apsolute" path of desktop?

Duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1080634/how-to-get-the-desktop-path-in-java ? — Adrian Pang, Mar 18 '14 at 17:11

Eugene Ryzhikov · Answer 1 · 2014-03-19T03:22:50.513

13

You can use a user.home system property to get user directory. So your code would look like

String userDir = System.getProperty("user.home");
JFileChooser fc = new JFileChooser(userDir +"/Desktop");

edited Mar 19 '14 at 03:22

answered Mar 18 '14 at 17:11

Eugene Ryzhikov

17,131
3
38
60

2

I think you mean `System.getProperty("user.home")`. Concatenating "/Desktop" will work on Windows, Mac OS X, and even Linux. – martinez314 Mar 18 '14 at 21:33

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 10 '16 at 19:13

3

Here is another option for getting to the Windows desktop:

fileChooser.setCurrentDirectory(new File("C:\\"));
Action details = fileChooser.getActionMap().get("Go Up");
details.actionPerformed(null);
details.actionPerformed(null);

If you leave off the last line, you will get to "Computer"

edited Mar 10 '16 at 19:13

Tim Penner

3,551
21
36

answered Mar 10 '16 at 18:22

Rodney Palmer

31
1

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 18 '14 at 17:09

0

use this ,

String desktopPath = WindowsUtils.getCurrentUserDesktopPath();

answered Mar 18 '14 at 17:09

RKC

1,834
13
13

6

What the heck is `WindowsUtils`? – Eugene Ryzhikov Mar 18 '14 at 17:12
http://selenium.googlecode.com/git/docs/api/java/org/openqa/selenium/os/WindowsUtils.html - apparently. – Gorbles Mar 19 '14 at 09:45

How to change JFileChooser start directory to desktop?

3 Answers3