Different directorychooser behavior

[Jon Harman-3]

Hi,

I use the directoryChooser in a plugin and have noticed different
behavior in it lately.  Maybe due to a Java update?
The behavior (on Windows XP) is this:
I use it twice, since I need to choose input and output directories for
the plugin.  The first time all is well, it opens in My Documents.  I
choose a subdirectory.

Then the second time it opens two directories above the one that I
chose, which requires more navigating to get back to where I was.  This
is confusing to Windows users who are not used to navigating above My
Documents.

The behavior used to be that it would open in the directory above the
one I choose.  It opens two directories above even when I set the
default directory for the second choice.  Here is my code:

                DirectoryChooser idc =
                        new DirectoryChooser("Choose the input directory of RGB images");
                indir = idc.getDirectory();
                if(indir == null) return;
                idir = new File(indir);
                if (!idir.isDirectory() || !idir.exists()) {
                        IJ.showMessage("Input directory error");
            return;
                }
                DirectoryChooser odc = new DirectoryChooser("Choose the output
directory for enhanced images");
                odc.setDefaultDirectory(idir.getParent());
                outdir = odc.getDirectory();
                if(outdir == null)  {
                    return;
                }

What am I doing wrong?

Jon

[Raymond Martin-2]

Hi,

> I use the directoryChooser in a plugin and have noticed different
> behavior in it lately.  Maybe due to a Java update?
> The behavior (on Windows XP) is this:
> I use it twice, since I need to choose input and output directories for
> the plugin.  The first time all is well, it opens in My Documents.  I
> choose a subdirectory.
>
> Then the second time it opens two directories above the one that I
> chose, which requires more navigating to get back to where I was.  This
> is confusing to Windows users who are not used to navigating above My
> Documents.
>
> The behavior used to be that it would open in the directory above the
> one I choose.  It opens two directories above even when I set the
> default directory for the second choice.  Here is my code:
>
> DirectoryChooser idc =
> new DirectoryChooser("Choose the input directory of RGB images");
> indir = idc.getDirectory();
> if(indir == null) return;
> idir = new File(indir);
> if (!idir.isDirectory() || !idir.exists()) {
> IJ.showMessage("Input directory error");
>     return;
> }
> DirectoryChooser odc = new DirectoryChooser("Choose the output
> directory for enhanced images");
> odc.setDefaultDirectory(idir.getParent());
> outdir = odc.getDirectory();
> if(outdir == null)  {
>    return;
> }
>
> What am I doing wrong?

Nothing. Problem must be in DirectoryChooser or Java.

Raymond

[Jon Harman-3]

Hi,

I just checked on a laptop and the behavior is normal there.  So it is
some strange behavior that is confined to just my main computer.

Sorry to bother the list.

Jon


Jon Harman wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I use the directoryChooser in a plugin and have noticed different
> behavior in it lately.  Maybe due to a Java update?
> The behavior (on Windows XP) is this:
> I use it twice, since I need to choose input and output directories for
> the plugin.  The first time all is well, it opens in My Documents.  I
> choose a subdirectory.
>
> Then the second time it opens two directories above the one that I
> chose, which requires more navigating to get back to where I was.  This
> is confusing to Windows users who are not used to navigating above My
> Documents.
>
> The behavior used to be that it would open in the directory above the
> one I choose.  It opens two directories above even when I set the
> default directory for the second choice.  Here is my code:
>
>         DirectoryChooser idc =
>             new DirectoryChooser("Choose the input directory of RGB
> images");
>         indir = idc.getDirectory();
>         if(indir == null) return;
>         idir = new File(indir);
>         if (!idir.isDirectory() || !idir.exists()) {
>             IJ.showMessage("Input directory error");
>                 return;
>         }
>         DirectoryChooser odc = new DirectoryChooser("Choose the output
> directory for enhanced images");
>         odc.setDefaultDirectory(idir.getParent());
>         outdir = odc.getDirectory();
>         if(outdir == null)  {
>             return;
>         }
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Jon
>