Thanks for your reply, Yair.

I am trying to find a workaround to replace uigetdir. Below setting in the code can help to select folder and file together.
hjFileChooser.setFileSelectionMode(2);

Folder selection can be done using the uigetdir function

I am not familiar with Java, is there any easiest way to modified it for folder selection? thanks

@Jafa – the simplest way to add buttons is to adapt the Matlab source-code of the uigetfile_with_preview utility (around line #95) by adding Matlab uicontrols in the preview panel. Modifying the Java component (JFileChooser) would be more difficult.

thanks a lot for your helpful work!

Regarding uigetfile customizations, I am curious if there is the possibility of having multiple buttons (in my case I am looking for a 3rd button).

Thanks for your Reply!

@ODJAPO – well, the javax.swing.JFileChooser and com.mathworks.hg.util.dFileChooser classes have a setApproveButtonText() method that you can use for this:

hFig = figure('Name','Select directory', 'NumberTitle','off');
jfs = javaObjectEDT('com.mathworks.hg.util.dFileChooser');  % or: com.mathworks.hg.util.dFileChooser
[hjfs,hContainer] = javacomponent(jfs, [0,0,hFig.Position(3:4)], hFig);
hjfs.setApproveButtonText('Set directory');  % or: set(hjfs,'ApproveButtonText','Set directory')

You can edit my uigetfile_with_preview.m utility (which is referenced in the main article text above) accordingly. I do not advise modifying Matlab’s builtin uigetdir function directly.

Is there an easy way to change the button name of a classic uigetfile windows as “set file directory” instead of “Open” ?

Thanks for your answer.