Getting and Setting the Current Directory of a JFileChooser Dialog
import java.io.File; import javax.swing.JFileChooser; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser(); File f = new File(new File(".").getCanonicalPath()); chooser.setCurrentDirectory(f); chooser.setCurrentDirectory(null); chooser.showOpenDialog(null); File curDir = chooser.getCurrentDirectory(); } }