I'm using ImageJ a lot to look at image stacks composed of a number of single images sitting in one folder. I can just drag and drop the respective folder into the ImageJ GUI and it creates a scrollable visualization, which is very convenient. It could be even more convenient though since each time I do it, a dialog appears asking whether I want to open all images in the folder as a stack. Is it possible to make it default to "Yes"? Would I need to change the source code and compile it myself..? If that is the case, where could I start looking?
To disable the dialog in the source code: Find the source file ij>plugin>DragAndDrop.java. From its openDirectory method, delete the dialog-related lines and assign boolean values to convertToRGB and virtualStack, both of which are normally defined by check boxes in the now defunct dialog window. The code should now look like this:
private void openDirectory(File f, String path) {
if (path==null) return;
if (!(path.endsWith(File.separator)||path.endsWith("/")))
path += File.separator;
String[] names = f.list();
names = (new FolderOpener()).trimFileList(names);
if (names==null)
return;
convertToRGB = false;
virtualStack = false;
String options = " sort";
if (convertToRGB) options += " convert_to_rgb";
if (virtualStack) options += " use";
IJ.run("Image Sequence...", "open=[" + path + "]"+options);
DirectoryChooser.setDefaultDirectory(path);
IJ.register(DragAndDrop.class);
}
I did this with ImageJ 1.51p. The source code can be downloaded here. After making these changes, just run the build.xml ant script.
Note that writing a macro might provide a cleaner and more portable way to achieve this--refer to Marcel's answer for further reading.