How to enable the display of hidden files in a JFileChooser in Java?

Set the following to FALSE to enable the display of hidden files −

JFileChooser file = new JFileChooser();
file.setFileHidingEnabled(false);

The following is an example to enable the display of hidden files in a JFileChooser −

Example

package my;
import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
public class SwingDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      JFileChooser file = new JFileChooser();
      file.setMultiSelectionEnabled(false);
      file.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_AND_DIRECTORIES);
      file.setFileHidingEnabled(false);
      int res = file.showOpenDialog(null);
      if (res == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
         java.io.File f = file.getSelectedFile();
         System.err.println(f.getPath());
      }
   }
}

The output is as follows. This displays the hidden files and directories.

Above, the “amit.txt” abd “desktop.ini” were hidden files and are now visible.