Java Swing Tutorial - Java JFileChooser .setSelectedFile (File file)

Syntax

JFileChooser.setSelectedFile(File file) has the following syntax.

public void setSelectedFile(File file)

Example

In the following code shows how to use JFileChooser.setSelectedFile(File file) method.

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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("filename.txt").getCanonicalPath());
    chooser.setSelectedFile(f);
    chooser.showOpenDialog(null);
    File curFile = chooser.getSelectedFile();
  }
}