Displaying the Current Directory in the Title of a JFileChooser Dialog
import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent; import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener; import java.io.File; import javax.swing.JFileChooser; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) { final JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser(); File curDir = chooser.getCurrentDirectory(); chooser.setDialogTitle("" + curDir.getAbsolutePath()); chooser.addPropertyChangeListener(new PropertyChangeListener() { public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) { if (JFileChooser.DIRECTORY_CHANGED_PROPERTY.equals(evt.getPropertyName())) { File curDir = chooser.getCurrentDirectory(); chooser.setDialogTitle("" + curDir.getAbsolutePath()); } } }); } }