JavaFX Directorychooser Examples

We’ve prepared these code snippets to help you learn JavaFX.

Example 1: Directorychooser

Here are the code snippets:

Step 1: Create Project

1. Open your favorite Java IDE.
2. In the menu go to File --> Create New Project.

Step 2: Dependencies

No dependencies are needed for this project.

Step 3: Write Code

Our code will comprise the following java files:

• DirectoryChooserExample.java

1. In your editor or IDE, create a file known as DirectoryChooserExample.java.
2. Then add the following code:

(a). DirectoryChooserExample.java

We will need to add a bunch of imports in our class:

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.DirectoryChooser;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

We will need to add a bunch of imports in our class:

import java.io.File;

The next step is to extend our class as shown below:

public class DirectoryChooserExample extends Application {

Our class will have the following methods:

• void main(String[] args)
• void start(Stage primaryStage)

The next step is to define our main() method a shown below:

    public static void main(String[] args) {

In this particular class we will be overriding our void start(Stage primaryStage) method.
Prepend the code>@Override</code modifier to your method. Then add implementation code as follows:

    @Override
    public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
        primaryStage.setTitle("JavaFX App");

        DirectoryChooser directoryChooser = new DirectoryChooser();
        directoryChooser.setInitialDirectory(new File("src"));

        Button button = new Button("Select Directory");
        button.setOnAction(e -> {
            File selectedDirectory = directoryChooser.showDialog(primaryStage);

            System.out.println(selectedDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
        });

        VBox vBox = new VBox(button);
        //HBox hBox = new HBox(button1, button2);
        Scene scene = new Scene(vBox, 960, 600);

        primaryStage.setScene(scene);
        primaryStage.show();
    }

Here is the full code:

package com.jenkov.javafx.directorychooser;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.DirectoryChooser;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

import java.io.File;

public class DirectoryChooserExample extends Application {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }

    @Override
    public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
        primaryStage.setTitle("JavaFX App");

        DirectoryChooser directoryChooser = new DirectoryChooser();
        directoryChooser.setInitialDirectory(new File("src"));

        Button button = new Button("Select Directory");
        button.setOnAction(e -> {
            File selectedDirectory = directoryChooser.showDialog(primaryStage);

            System.out.println(selectedDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
        });

        VBox vBox = new VBox(button);
        //HBox hBox = new HBox(button1, button2);
        Scene scene = new Scene(vBox, 960, 600);

        primaryStage.setScene(scene);
        primaryStage.show();
    }

}

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