Customize which file picker to use on Windows

[StefanOltmann]

Can we configure which file picker to use on Windows?

We now have the smaller variant, but there is also a bigger one including a sidebar. I would prefer to use that one.

[shalva97]

Which version do you use? most likely you are seeing custom file picker done in Java

The functionality to choose a file was done in a same way as https://github.com/jakobkmar/pacmc did. Pacmc tried to call native file chooser and if there is an error then it falls back to Swing file chooser.

In version 3.0.0 I have removed it, #67. Also I saw your comments on an issue about publishing and Im guessing you are using 3.0.0, if that's the case then it is very strange, we call TinyFileDialogs here:

compose-multiplatform-file-picker/mpfilepicker/src/jvmMain/kotlin/com/darkrockstudios/libraries/mpfilepicker/FileChooser.kt

Line 17 in 25cd665

TinyFileDialogs.tinyfd_openFileDialog(

It should show a dialog like this

[StefanOltmann]

That's strange. Using v3.0.0 now I got this file picker on Windows 11:

But I want it to look like the one you get on Windows 10.

The Swing File Chooser looks more like the original one, but I'm glad to get rid of all that code for it thanks to this library.

[shalva97]

I don't know, why there is no one Java file picker library that works.

Anyways. The only solution here seems to be to use use NativeFileDialog only on Windows and TinyFileDialogs on other platforms.

While testing I can confirm that NativeFileDialog shows correct dialog

[StefanOltmann]

@shalva97 Thank you for figuring this out. Unfortunately this doesn't help me with my Windows JVM app right now.

[shalva97]

Well, there is work to be done, maybe people reading this issue will get an idea of how to fix this.

I can't promise I will fix it in nearest future...

[StefanOltmann]

@shalva97 Yeah, lets hope for that. Using the smaller picker is no show stopper for me. The bigger picker would just be nice to have.

[vareille]

@StefanOltmann what you are showing here is a directory picker and not the file picker.

[StefanOltmann]

@vareille Thank you for the hint.

Okay, in that case I'm asking for having the file picker, but let it only select directories. That is the more "usual" view I often see and the picker I'm asking for. shalva97 also has this picker in his screenshot.