Re: Different directorychooser behavior

Posted by Jon Harman-3 on Dec 15, 2009; 12:04am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Different-directorychooser-behavior-tp3690099p3690100.html

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
>