Change file dialog to use native dialog

[dkovari]

Is there a reason why we can't change ImageJ to use the native file opening
systems?
The current file dialog is outdated and terribly hard to use when compared
to both the native OSX and Windows 7 dialogs.


Java now has standard implementations which used the native dialogs:
http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/ui_controls/file-chooser.htm


alternatively the SWT package provides similar native support
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5703825/does-swing-support-windows-7-style-file-choosers

finally there is a windows only wrapper available:
https://code.google.com/p/xfiledialog/

I haven't looked at the code yet, but based on skimming through the api
index it looks like we could simply make the change in the ij.io package.

Thanks,
Dan

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[Rasband, Wayne (NIH/NIMH) [E]]

On Feb 6, 2015, at 10:00 AM, Daniel Kovari <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Is there a reason why we can't change ImageJ to use the native file opening
> systems?
> The current file dialog is outdated and terribly hard to use when compared
> to both the native OSX and Windows 7 dialogs.

ImageJ does use native file open/save dialogs unless “Use JFileChooser to open/save” is enabled in Edit>Options>Input/Output. On Windows and Linux, enable “Use file chooser to import sequences” to get a native directory chooser dialog.

-wayne

> Java now has standard implementations which used the native dialogs:
> http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/ui_controls/file-chooser.htm
>
>
> alternatively the SWT package provides similar native support
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5703825/does-swing-support-windows-7-style-file-choosers
>
> finally there is a windows only wrapper available:
> https://code.google.com/p/xfiledialog/
>
> I haven't looked at the code yet, but based on skimming through the api
> index it looks like we could simply make the change in the ij.io package.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
> --
> Daniel Kovari
> Ph.D. Candidate - Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Physics
> Phone: [phone]
> email: [hidden email]
>
> --
> ImageJ mailing list: http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/list.html

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[ctrueden]

Hi Dan,

> Java now has standard implementations which used the native dialogs:
> http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/ui_controls/file-chooser.htm

Note that that FileChooser is part of the JavaFX project, which is only
included with Java starting with Java 8. ImageJ 1.x is written against Java
5, and ImageJ2 is written against Java 6.

That said, ImageJ2's UI architecture is flexible enough that we could "plug
in" the JavaFX file chooser for those who have it available. I filed an
issue for it: https://github.com/imagej/imagej-ui-swing/issues/33

Regards,
Curtis

On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 9:00 AM, Daniel Kovari <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Is there a reason why we can't change ImageJ to use the native file opening
> systems?
> The current file dialog is outdated and terribly hard to use when compared
> to both the native OSX and Windows 7 dialogs.
>
>
> Java now has standard implementations which used the native dialogs:
> http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/ui_controls/file-chooser.htm
>
>
> alternatively the SWT package provides similar native support
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5703825/does-swing-support-windows-7-style-file-choosers
>
> finally there is a windows only wrapper available:
> https://code.google.com/p/xfiledialog/
>
> I haven't looked at the code yet, but based on skimming through the api
> index it looks like we could simply make the change in the ij.io package.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
> --
> Daniel Kovari
> Ph.D. Candidate - Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Physics
> Phone: [phone]
> email: [hidden email]
>
> --
> ImageJ mailing list: http://imagej.nih.gov/ij/list.html
>

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