Download the last version 1.4.5 hereFollow the latest project news hereIn the current JDK 6, the JFileChooser for the GTK Look and feel looks still like the old gnome GtkFileSelection. Starting with GTK+ 2.4, Gnome has a new GtkFileChooser, which is much better. You can see with your eyes!

This was the old GtkFileSelection......and this is the new GtkFileChooser:

This project aims to close this gap and update the GTK LAF JFileChooser making its behaviour similar to the native GtkFileChooser. There is also the issue 5090726 in the Sun's bug database and the problem was already discussed in this old Sun's post (see the paragraph "Feature: Improve GTK Look and Feel") when the JDK 6 was released.

Vote for this bug for inclusion in one of the next JDKs!

This is how the GTK Laf JFileChooser looks like under the Java 6... A lot of work need to be done!This is the actual state of my effort (note that since GTK+ 2.18 the buttons have no icon)

Regarding the other GTK L&F deficiencies, they are known to the people at Sun and I hope they're working on it; about this topic, see this interesting post.

If you want to help write me to c(dot)cerbo(at)gmail(dot)com

Actually the testing platforms are

Fedora 11 Ubuntu 9.04 OpenSUSE 11

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