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How can my default locale be taken into account by the Swing components?

My default locale is French, but the components in my app are still in English.

System.out.println(UIManager.getLookAndFeelDefaults().getDefaultLocale()); // => fr_FR
System.out.println(System.getProperty("user.language")); // => fr

For example, my JFileChooser:

JFileChooser

What's the problem? Is there a way to force the components language value?

I'm using Java 11, Eclipse, Windows 7.

Solution

  • JFileChooser uses as a content pane sun.swing.FilePane. If you take a look at installDefaults() method of this class you will find the following comment:

     // TODO: On windows, get the following localized strings from the OS

    Which means it is not implemented yet (and I don't think it will ever be).

    So, the only thing you can do (unfortunately) is to change them manually using UIManager keys:

    FileChooser.viewMenuLabelText
FileChooser.refreshActionLabelText
FileChooser.newFolderActionLabelText
FileChooser.listViewActionLabelText
FileChooser.detailsViewActionLabelText
FileChooser.fileSizeKiloBytes
FileChooser.fileSizeMegaBytes
FileChooser.fileSizeGigaBytes
FileChooser.renameErrorTitleText
FileChooser.renameErrorText
FileChooser.renameErrorFileExistsText
FileChooser.lookInLabelText
FileChooser.fileNameLabelText
FileChooser.filesOfTypeLabelText
FileChooser.upFolderToolTipText
FileChooser.newFolderToolTipText
FileChooser.viewMenuButtonToolTipText
FileChooser.saveButtonText
FileChooser.openButtonText
FileChooser.cancelButtonText
FileChooser.updateButtonText
FileChooser.helpButtonText
FileChooser.directoryOpenButtonText
FileChooser.saveButtonToolTipText
FileChooser.openButtonToolTipText
FileChooser.cancelButtonToolTipText
FileChooser.updateButtonToolTipText
FileChooser.helpButtonToolTipText
FileChooser.directoryOpenButtonToolTipText
FileChooser.saveDialogTitleText
FileChooser.openDialogTitleText

    For example:

    //google translate :)
UIManager.put("FileChooser.newFolderActionLabelText", "créer un nouveau dossier");

    And there is also the method JFileChoose#setApproveButtonText, but I do not think this covers your needs.