change look and feel of JFileChooser in swing

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My requirement is to add check box with every directory which is shown by JFileChooser. and give multi selection facility.

How can I achieve this?

possible duplicate of [JFileChooser with tree and check box](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6274668/jfilechooser-with-tree-and-check-box) — jzd, Jun 08 '11 at 11:17

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 03 '11 at 10:52

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JFileChooser has multi-selection built in (setMultiSelectionEnabled()). It doesn't use checkboxes, but you can select multiple items.

answered Jun 03 '11 at 10:52

unholysampler

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i know this one but i need multi selection with check box. thanks for your reply – Ashish Jun 03 '11 at 10:57

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 03 '11 at 11:00

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I think it can be done this way. Override MetalFileChooserUI.createList() and return your own custom list panel. Therein, add checkbox renderers to the items in your list.

answered Jun 03 '11 at 11:00

Suraj Chandran

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

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It would probably be easier to implement a custom component than alter a JFileChooser to support this (odd) requirement. You might start with altering the component used in File Manager questions.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

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answered Jun 03 '11 at 11:06

Andrew Thompson

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