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Stepped ComboBox refresh

A Stepped ComboBox is very useful to make the drop-down pop-up wider than the text field. However when new content is added to the list, the pop-up gets its initial width back.
By default
After refresh (new element)
SSCCE
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Vector;
import javax.swing.ComboBoxModel;
import javax.swing.DefaultComboBoxModel;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComboBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicComboPopup;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.ComboPopup;
import javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalComboBoxUI;
public class SteppedComboBoxRefresh extends JFrame {
private List<String> list;
private final SteppedComboBox combo;
public SteppedComboBoxRefresh() {
super("SteppedComboBox Refresh");
this.list = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(new String[]{
"AAA", "AAAAAA"
}));
this.combo = new SteppedComboBox(this.list.toArray());
this.combo.setDimensions(50);
JButton addButton = new JButton("Add longer string");
addButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
list.add(list.get(list.size()-1) + "AAA");
combo.setModel(new DefaultComboBoxModel(list.toArray()));
combo.setDimensions(50);
}
});
getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
getContentPane().add(this.combo);
getContentPane().add(addButton);
}
public static void main (String args[]) {
SteppedComboBoxRefresh f = new SteppedComboBoxRefresh();
f.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
#Override
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
f.setSize (300, 100);
f.setVisible(true);
}
}
class SteppedComboBoxUI extends MetalComboBoxUI {
#Override
protected ComboPopup createPopup() {
BasicComboPopup popup = new BasicComboPopup( this.comboBox ) {
#Override
public void show() {
Dimension popupSize = ((SteppedComboBox)this.comboBox).getPopupSize();
popupSize.setSize( popupSize.width,
getPopupHeightForRowCount( this.comboBox.getMaximumRowCount() ) );
Rectangle popupBounds = computePopupBounds( 0,
this.comboBox.getBounds().height, popupSize.width, popupSize.height);
this.scroller.setMaximumSize( popupBounds.getSize() );
this.scroller.setPreferredSize( popupBounds.getSize() );
this.scroller.setMinimumSize( popupBounds.getSize() );
this.list.invalidate();
int selectedIndex = this.comboBox.getSelectedIndex();
if ( selectedIndex == -1 ) {
this.list.clearSelection();
} else {
this.list.setSelectedIndex( selectedIndex );
}
this.list.ensureIndexIsVisible( this.list.getSelectedIndex() );
setLightWeightPopupEnabled( this.comboBox.isLightWeightPopupEnabled() );
show( this.comboBox, popupBounds.x, popupBounds.y );
}
};
popup.getAccessibleContext().setAccessibleParent(this.comboBox);
return popup;
}
}
class SteppedComboBox extends JComboBox {
protected int popupWidth;
public SteppedComboBox(ComboBoxModel aModel) {
super(aModel);
setUI(new SteppedComboBoxUI());
this.popupWidth = 0;
}
public SteppedComboBox(final Object[] items) {
super(items);
setUI(new SteppedComboBoxUI());
this.popupWidth = 0;
}
public SteppedComboBox(Vector items) {
super(items);
setUI(new SteppedComboBoxUI());
this.popupWidth = 0;
}
public void setPopupWidth(int width) {
this.popupWidth = width;
}
public Dimension getPopupSize() {
Dimension size = getSize();
if (this.popupWidth < 1) {
this.popupWidth = size.width;
}
return new Dimension(this.popupWidth, size.height);
}
public void setDimensions(int width) {
Dimension d = getPreferredSize();
setPreferredSize(new Dimension(width, d.height));
setPopupWidth(d.width);
}
}

The ComboBox still uses its previous PreferredSize. It's needed to set the preferred size back to null, so that we get the size which is preferred by the new content in the list.
void javax.swing.JComponent.setPreferredSize(Dimension preferredSize)
Sets the preferred size of this component. If preferredSize is null, the UI will be asked for the preferred size.
public void setDimensions(int width) {
setPreferredSize(null);
Dimension d = getPreferredSize();
setPreferredSize(new Dimension(width, d.height));
setPopupWidth(d.width);
}
Result

You could use the Combo Box Popup.
It is a more flexible version of the Stepped Combo Box. Best of all it can be used on any combo box since the logic is implemented in a `PopupMenuListener'.
You can control the maximum width of the popup. You can even have the popup display above the combo box instead of below.

MVC Pattern JButton ActionListener not Responding

So I'm trying to create a simple test program where the user can enter something into a JTextField, click the "add" JButton, and a JTextArea will add the users string to the the JTextArea (continuously appending with new line).
I added the actionListener for the button and have a stateChanged and an update method, but nothing happens when I click the add button. No errors either. Could someone please point me in the right direction?
Here's my code:
MVCTester (main)
public class MVCTester {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
MVCController myMVC = new MVCController();
MVCViews myViews = new MVCViews();
myMVC.attach(myViews);
}
}
MVCController
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;
public class MVCController {
MVCModel model;
ArrayList<ChangeListener> listeners;
public MVCController(){
model = new MVCModel();
listeners = new ArrayList<ChangeListener>();
}
public void update(String input){
model.setInputs(input);
for (ChangeListener l : listeners)
{
l.stateChanged(new ChangeEvent(this));
}
}
public void attach(ChangeListener c)
{
listeners.add(c);
}
}
MVCModel
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class MVCModel {
private ArrayList<String> inputs;
MVCModel(){
inputs = new ArrayList<String>();
}
public ArrayList<String> getInputs(){
return inputs;
}
public void setInputs(String input){
inputs.add(input);
}
}
MVCViews
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;
public class MVCViews implements ChangeListener {
private JTextField input;
private JTextArea echo;
private ArrayList<String> toPrint = new ArrayList<String>();
MVCController controller;
MVCViews(){
controller = new MVCController();
JPanel myPanel = new JPanel();
JButton addButton = new JButton("add");
echo = new JTextArea(10,20);
echo.append("Hello there! \n");
echo.append("Type something below!\n");
myPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
myPanel.add(addButton, BorderLayout.NORTH);
input = new JTextField();
final JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.add(myPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
frame.add(echo, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.add(input, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
addButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
controller.update(input.getText());
}
});
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
#Override
public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
toPrint = controller.model.getInputs();
for(String s: toPrint){
echo.append(s + "\n");
}
}
}
This is my first time trying to follow MVC format, so there might be issues with the model itself as well. Feel free to point them out. Thank you for your help!

The controller within the GUI is not the same controller that is created in main. Note how many times you call new MVCController() in your code above -- it's twice. Each time you do this, you're creating a new and distinct controller -- not good. Use only one. You've got to pass the one controller into the view. You can figure out how to do this. (hint, a setter or constructor parameter would work).
hint 2: this could work: MVCViews myViews = new MVCViews(myMVC);
one solution:
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;
public class MVCTester {
public static void main(String[] args) {
MVCController myMVC = new MVCController();
MVCViews myViews = new MVCViews(myMVC);
myMVC.attach(myViews);
// myViews.setController(myMVC); // or this could do it
}
}
class MVCController {
MVCModel model;
ArrayList<ChangeListener> listeners;
public MVCController() {
model = new MVCModel();
listeners = new ArrayList<ChangeListener>();
}
public void update(String input) {
model.setInputs(input);
for (ChangeListener l : listeners) {
l.stateChanged(new ChangeEvent(this));
}
}
public void attach(ChangeListener c) {
listeners.add(c);
}
}
class MVCModel {
private ArrayList<String> inputs;
MVCModel() {
inputs = new ArrayList<String>();
}
public ArrayList<String> getInputs() {
return inputs;
}
public void setInputs(String input) {
inputs.add(input);
}
}
class MVCViews implements ChangeListener {
private JTextField input;
private JTextArea echo;
private ArrayList<String> toPrint = new ArrayList<String>();
MVCController controller;
MVCViews(final MVCController controller) {
// !! controller = new MVCController();
this.controller = controller;
JPanel myPanel = new JPanel();
JButton addButton = new JButton("add");
echo = new JTextArea(10, 20);
echo.append("Hello there! \n");
echo.append("Type something below!\n");
myPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
myPanel.add(addButton, BorderLayout.NORTH);
input = new JTextField();
final JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.add(myPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
frame.add(echo, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.add(input, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
addButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (controller != null) {
controller.update(input.getText());
}
}
});
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public void setController(MVCController controller) {
this.controller = controller;
}
#Override
public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e) {
if (controller != null) {
toPrint = controller.model.getInputs();
for (String s : toPrint) {
echo.append(s + "\n");
}
}
}
}

Mixing Swing/FX with binding - how to comply to respective threading rules?

The scenario is a Swing ui with embedded FX components - both the Swing and the FX part should be driven by the same model. Assuming the model is some bean with bound properties, we can use fx bindings for both, using the fx support for adapting beans properties and fx properties, something like:
// adapts a bean property to a fx property
protected Property createBeanAdapter(Object bean, String propertyName) {
try {
return JavaBeanObjectPropertyBuilder.create()
.bean(bean)
.name(propertyName)
.build();
} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
Usage for binding a model property to both swing and fx component
// the model
person = new PersonBean("Philopator");
personProperty = createBeanAdapter(person, "lastName");
// bind to swing label's text
labelProperty = createBeanAdapter(label, "text");
labelProperty.bindBidirectional(personProperty);
// bind to fx textfield
fxField.textProperty().bindBidirectional(personProperty);
That's cool ... except that we are violating the single thread rule in both parts (full example at the end).
So the question is: how to resolve these violations? Hopefully, I'm simply overlooking something obvious :-)
Here's an SSCCE to play with
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javafx.application.Platform;
import javafx.beans.property.Property;
import javafx.beans.property.adapter.JavaBeanObjectPropertyBuilder;
import javafx.beans.value.ChangeListener;
import javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue;
import javafx.embed.swing.JFXPanel;
import javafx.scene.SceneBuilder;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBoxBuilder;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.Box;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import fx.property.PersonBean;
#SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
public class MixWithBinding {
// model
private PersonBean person;
// bindings
private Property personProperty;
private Property labelProperty;
// swing components
private JComponent content;
private JButton resetButton;
private JLabel label;
// fx components
private TextField fxField;
public MixWithBinding() {
// init the view
JComponent swingPanel = createSwingPanel();
JComponent fxPanel = createFXPanel();
content = new JPanel(new GridLayout(0, 2));
content.add(fxPanel);
content.add(swingPanel);
// init/bind the model
person = new PersonBean("Philopator");
// adapt to fx property
personProperty = createBeanAdapter(person, "lastName");
// swing binding
labelProperty = createBeanAdapter(label, "text");
labelProperty.bindBidirectional(personProperty);
Action reset = new AbstractAction("Reset Text") {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
person.setLastName("Philator");
}
};
resetButton.setAction(reset);
// fx binding
//final Property threadWrapper = new PropertyWrapper(personProperty);
Platform.runLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
//fxField.textProperty().bindBidirectional(threadWrapper);
fxField.textProperty().bindBidirectional(personProperty);
}
});
debugThreadViolations();
}
protected Property createBeanAdapter(Object bean, String propertyName) {
try {
return JavaBeanObjectPropertyBuilder.create()
.bean(bean)
.name(propertyName)
.build();
} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
private JComponent createSwingPanel() {
label = new JLabel();
resetButton = new JButton();
JComponent panel = Box.createVerticalBox();
panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Swing"));
panel.add(label);
panel.add(resetButton);
return panel;
}
private JComponent createFXPanel() {
final JFXPanel fxPanel = new JFXPanel();
Platform.runLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
fxField = new TextField();
fxPanel.setScene(SceneBuilder.create()
.root(VBoxBuilder.create()
.children(fxField)
.build())
.build());
}
});
JComponent panel = new JPanel();
panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("FX"));
panel.add(fxPanel);
return panel;
}
protected void debugThreadViolations() {
PropertyChangeListener swingChange = new PropertyChangeListener() {
#Override
public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) {
if (!SwingUtilities.isEventDispatchThread())
LOG.info("Violation of EDT rule");
}
};
label.addPropertyChangeListener("text", swingChange);
final ChangeListener fxChange = new ChangeListener() {
#Override
public void changed(ObservableValue arg0, Object arg1, Object arg2) {
if (!Platform.isFxApplicationThread())
LOG.info("Violation of FX-AT rule");
}
};
Platform.runLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
fxField.textProperty().addListener(fxChange);
}
});
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new MixWithBinding().content);
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.setSize(400, 200);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
#SuppressWarnings("unused")
private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(MixWithBinding.class
.getName());
}
A dummy bean
public class PersonBean {
String lastName;
/**
* #param lastName
*/
public PersonBean(String lastName) {
super();
this.lastName = lastName;
}
/**
* #return the lastName
*/
public String getLastName() {
return lastName;
}
/**
* #param lastName the lastName to set
*/
public void setLastName(String lastName) {
Object oldValue = getLastName();
this.lastName = lastName;
firePropertyChange("lastName", oldValue, getLastName());
}
PropertyChangeSupport support = new PropertyChangeSupport(this);
public void addPropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l) {
support.addPropertyChangeListener(l);
}
public void removePropertyChangeListener(PropertyChangeListener l) {
support.removePropertyChangeListener(l);
}
protected void firePropertyChange(String name, Object oldValue,
Object newValue) {
support.firePropertyChange(name, oldValue, newValue);
}
}
Edit
experimented with an idea - which isn't fully working, so it's another question ;-)
Edit 2
there could be some light at the end of the tunnel (and probably what mKorbel meant in his comments): there might be support for seemless interoperability of EDT/FX-AT in jdk8. On the other hand, a recent tutorial on the new SwingNode (Sept. 2013) is still unhappily switching between both.

Is it possible to make some items in the menu to fade in with 500 ms onset delay in Java?

I have a JMenu of 16 JMenuItems, of which I want 3 items to be displayed upfront and the rest 13 items to fade in with a 500 ms delay. Is there a way to do this animation in Java?

This is not as easy as it sounds.
Basically I originally thought "I'll attach a popup listener to the popup menu that the menu items are added to"...but apparently this doesn't work so well. The menu popup is built dynamically on demand. Makes sense, but it's still a pain.
So instead, I've found that if I wait for addNotify I can simply start the animation engine.
The animation engine is a simple concept. It has a javax.swing.Timer that ticks at a regular interval. Coupled with a start time and a duration, we can calculate the progress of the animation and generate the alpha value as required.
The only thing left is then to notify all the interested parties that the animation has changed and voila...
import java.awt.AlphaComposite;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JPopupMenu;
import javax.swing.Timer;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
import javax.swing.event.PopupMenuEvent;
import javax.swing.event.PopupMenuListener;
public class FadeMenu {
private AnimationEngine engine;
public static void main(String[] args) {
new FadeMenu();
}
public FadeMenu() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
}
engine = new AnimationEngine();
JMenuBar mb = new JMenuBar();
JMenu flip = new JMenu("Flip");
flip.add("Static 1");
flip.add("Static 2");
flip.add("Static 3");
flip.add(new FadeMenuItem("Fade 1"));
flip.add(new FadeMenuItem("Fade 2"));
flip.add(new FadeMenuItem("Fade 3"));
flip.add(new FadeMenuItem("Fade 4"));
mb.add(flip);
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setJMenuBar(mb);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
public TestPane() {
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
}
public class FadeMenuItem extends JMenuItem {
public FadeMenuItem(String text) {
super(text);
engine.addTimingListener(new TimingListener() {
#Override
public void timingEvent() {
repaint();
}
});
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2d.setComposite(AlphaComposite.SrcOver.derive(engine.getAlpha()));
super.paintComponent(g2d);
g2d.dispose();
}
#Override
public void removeNotify() {
Container parent = getParent();
if (parent instanceof JPopupMenu) {
JPopupMenu menu = (JPopupMenu) parent;
engine.stop();
}
super.removeNotify();
}
#Override
public void addNotify() {
super.addNotify();
Container parent = getParent();
if (parent instanceof JPopupMenu) {
JPopupMenu menu = (JPopupMenu) parent;
engine.restart();
}
}
}
public interface TimingListener {
public void timingEvent();
}
public class AnimationEngine {
private Timer fade;
private float alpha;
private long startTime;
private long duration = 1000;
private List<TimingListener> listeners;
public AnimationEngine() {
listeners = new ArrayList<>(5);
fade = new Timer(40, new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
long elapsed = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime;
if (elapsed >= duration) {
((Timer) e.getSource()).stop();
alpha = 1f;
} else {
alpha = (float) elapsed / (float) duration;
}
fireTimingEvent();
}
});
fade.setRepeats(true);
fade.setCoalesce(true);
fade.setInitialDelay(500);
}
public void addTimingListener(TimingListener listener) {
listeners.add(listener);
}
public void removeTimingListener(TimingListener listener) {
listeners.add(listener);
}
protected void fireTimingEvent() {
for (TimingListener listener : listeners) {
listener.timingEvent();
}
}
public void restart() {
fade.stop();
alpha = 0;
fireTimingEvent();
startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
fade.start();
}
public float getAlpha() {
return alpha;
}
public void stop() {
fade.stop();
}
}
}
While this works on Windows, I'd be concerned that it might not work on other platforms, as the means by which the menus are generated are controlled (in part) by the UI delegate. This could become very messy, very quickly

start a timer to fire an event to fade in

Choosing a file in-pane with Swing

I'm writing a GUI in Swing where I want to do a file chooser that is in the main window, looking something like the image below:
while there seem to be quite a few tutorials on how to write a popup file chooser, i don't see much information on how this type of chooser might be accomplished in swing.
also sorry if this has been asked before, i did a good bit of searching around and wan't able to find anything else..

PanelBrowser, shown below, is a basic prototype that functions similarly to the Mac OS X Finder column view illustrated in your question.
Update: Added horizontal scrolling and more file information.
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.io.File;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.Box;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.DefaultListCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.DefaultListModel;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.ListSelectionModel;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionListener;
import javax.swing.filechooser.FileSystemView;
/**
* #see http://stackoverflow.com/a/15104660/230513
*/
public class PanelBrowser extends Box {
private static final Dimension SIZE = new Dimension(200, 300);
private List<FilePanel> list = new ArrayList<FilePanel>();
public PanelBrowser(File root) {
super(BoxLayout.LINE_AXIS);
setBackground(Color.red);
FilePanel panel = new FilePanel(this, root);
list.add(panel);
this.add(panel);
}
private void update(FilePanel fp, File file) {
int index = list.indexOf(fp);
int i = list.size() - 1;
while (i > index) {
list.remove(i);
this.remove(i);
i--;
}
final FilePanel panel = new FilePanel(this, file);
list.add(panel);
this.add(panel);
revalidate();
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
scrollRectToVisible(panel.getBounds());
}
});
}
private static class FilePanel extends Box {
private static FileSystemView fsv = FileSystemView.getFileSystemView();
private static DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(
DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.DEFAULT);
private PanelBrowser parent;
private JList list;
public FilePanel(PanelBrowser parent, File file) {
super(BoxLayout.PAGE_AXIS);
this.parent = parent;
DefaultListModel model = new DefaultListModel();
if (file.isFile()) {
JLabel name = new JLabel(file.getName());
name.setIcon(fsv.getSystemIcon(file));
this.add(name);
Date d = new Date(file.lastModified());
JLabel mod = new JLabel("Date: " + df.format(d));
this.add(mod);
final String v = String.valueOf(file.length());
JLabel length = new JLabel("Size: " + v);
this.add(length);
}
if (file.isDirectory()) {
for (File f : file.listFiles()) {
model.addElement(f);
}
list = new JList(model);
list.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
list.setCellRenderer(new FileRenderer());
list.addListSelectionListener(new SelectionHandler());
this.add(new JScrollPane(list) {
#Override
public int getVerticalScrollBarPolicy() {
return JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS;
}
});
}
}
private static class FileRenderer extends DefaultListCellRenderer {
#Override
public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList list, Object value,
int index, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus) {
JLabel label = (JLabel) super.getListCellRendererComponent(
list, value, index, isSelected, cellHasFocus);
File f = (File) value;
setText(f.getName());
setIcon(fsv.getSystemIcon(f));
return label;
}
}
private class SelectionHandler implements ListSelectionListener {
#Override
public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e) {
if (!e.getValueIsAdjusting()) {
File f = (File) list.getSelectedValue();
parent.update(FilePanel.this, f);
}
}
}
#Override
public Dimension getMinimumSize() {
return new Dimension(SIZE);
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(SIZE);
}
#Override
public Dimension getMaximumSize() {
return new Dimension(SIZE.width, Short.MAX_VALUE);
}
}
private static void display() {
String path = System.getProperty("user.dir");
PanelBrowser browser = new PanelBrowser(new File(path));
JFrame f = new JFrame(path);
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.add(new JScrollPane(browser) {
#Override
public int getVerticalScrollBarPolicy() {
return JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER;
}
});
f.pack();
f.setSize(4 * SIZE.width, SIZE.height);
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
display();
}
});
}
}

JFileChooser actually extends JComponent, so you can use like any other component. Here is an example with two in-pane file choosers:
public class TestInPaneChoosers {
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
buildFrame();
}
});
}
private static void buildFrame() {
JFrame f = new JFrame("Test");
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
f.add(new JFileChooser());
f.add(new JFileChooser());
f.pack();
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setVisible(true);
}
}