Can AWT file choosers not access Aliases in OSX?

Question

I need to use AWT file choosers for my java app because we want to give users the native mac file chooser. Yes I know abut quaqua and we use it, but it does not use the native file chooser and mac users do not like it. The file chooser I am currently worried about sets the global propery:

System.setProperty("apple.awt.fileDialogForDirectories", "true");

This is done because I want the user to only be able to select a directory but for some reason I cannot navigate select or navigate through aliases. I have another file chooser that uses the same property listed above but in this one I set it to a FileDialog.SaveDialog and with this file chooser I can use aliases. Does anyone know if it is possible to use aliases an open style file chooser that can only select directories and can still use aliases?

Answer 1

On Mac OS X 10.5.8, Java 1.5.0_22, setting fileDialogForDirectories and using an JFileChooser set for DIRECTORIES_ONLY, I can navigate through an alias as long as the alias points to a directory.