Better JFileChooser alternatives for OS X, Linux?

Question

JFileChooser, at least under OS X, produces a very half-baked open dialog that doesn't support things like typing in the start of a file name to select it or disclosure triangles.

Does anyone know of a 3rd-party alternative that has a more fully-featured behaviour? Ideally, I'd like one for each major platform. I'm aware of XFileDialog for windows, but what about Mac and Linux/Unix?

In comparison:

Quaggy

https://mcmap.net/q/1164413/-jfilechooser-on-os-x/86515 – Tabethatabib

Answer 1

I found the Quaqua Look & Feel, which upgrades JFileChooser a bit - it's still not perfect, but it's arguably better.

Quaggy

Answer 2

Does java.awt.FileDialog do what you want, you may need to specify

System.setProperty("apple.awt.fileDialogForDirectories", "true");

if you want to get a directory though

Ramentum

Oh, it does what I want so very nearly, but it doesn't seem to support multiple selection! – Quaggy

Sorry, you are out of luck for multiple selection, not that it helps you now java 1.7 adds setMultipleMode to FileDialog :-( Of course that code is open sourced in open jdk, maybe you could repackage it and bundle it with your app as long as your license is compatible (and assuming it has been updated for MAC OS, probably not). – Ramentum