JFileChooser - open in current directory

Question

I have a simple JFileChooser set up in the following manner ``` JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser(); chooser.setCurrentDirectory(new File(".")); chooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_AND_DIRECTORIES); chooser.setFileFilter(new FileFilter() { ... }); int v = chooser.showOpenDialog(this); if (v == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) { File file = chooser.getSelectedFile(); System.out.println(file.getAbsolutePath()); } ``` As you can see, this FileChooser starts out in the current directory, which in my Netbeans project, is the root of the project folder. Here's the problem: When I select a file and it prints out the absolute path, it includes the `"."` in the path. For instance, the output I get is: ``` /Users/MyName/Folder1/Folder2/./Temp.xls ``` Of course, this is weird, especially since I'm displaying this to the user. Now, I could be hacky and do some fun post substring processing stuff to get rid of that `"/./"` portion. But...is there a non-lazy programmer way to fix this…

Accepted Answer

Use the system property "user.dir" as follows:

```
File workingDirectory = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir"));
chooser.setCurrentDirectory(workingDirectory);
```

JFileChooser - open in current directory

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