swing-file-browser

A simple swing-based file browser with ftp support and files preview.

Running application

Option one

1. mvn clean compile
2. mvn exec:java

Option two

1. mvn package
2. java -jar target/com.example-0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

Features

1. local & ftp files browsing
2. ftp host:port, ftps, file encoding settings
3. anonymous login support
4. storing preferred ftp connection settings in a properties file
5. file and directory icons based on the underlying system ui
6. list entry go up a tree on the top
7. tabs for different file lists
8. support for simultaneous work with different tabs in slow file system environment
9. toggling showing hidden files via toolbar or via menu item
10. hotkeys support: enter for opening selected item, backspace for going up a tree
11. zip archive contents browsing without explicit extraction
12. opening text and image files in a standalone thread (opening files inside archive supported)
13. loading files in a separate worker thread
14. closing file preview on ESC or on 'Meta + W'
15. zooming images

FTP connection properties

Properties list

property name	type	value example	default value
host	string	ftp.example.com	–
port	int	69	21
ftps	boolean	true	false
username	string	innokenty	-
password	string	P@$5w0r†	-
file.type	one of {binary, ASCII, EBCDIC, local}	binary	ASCII

Setting properties

There are three options to specify each property listed in the previous section:

1. via JVM system property
2. in a classpath resource named swing-file-browser.properties
3. in /etc/swing-file-browser.properties file

If any property is specified in multiple sources of the above, the upper source in the list gets the priority.

swing-file-browser.properties file example

host=ftp.example.com
ftps=true
username=innokenty
password=P@$5w0r† 
file.type=local