Bringing JFileChooser on top of all windows

I seem to have a problem with my very simple implementation of a file chooser dialogue that requires me to minimize Netbeans each time in order to get to it, and it gets pretty frustrating specially now with testing.

I have seen a few solutions online including SO yet none seem to do the trick, while some other seem very lengthy and complicated for my current level.

private void fileSearch() {

    JFileChooser fileSelect = new JFileChooser();
    int returnVal = fileSelect.showOpenDialog(null);
    String pathToFile;

    if (returnVal == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {
        File file = fileSelect.getSelectedFile();
        pathToFile = file.getAbsolutePath();
        try {
            P.binaryFileToHexString(pathToFile);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.print("Oops! there was an error there..." + e);
        }
        System.out.println("\nYou chose to open this file: " + file.getName());
    }
}

Some of my try's include using;

.requestFocus();
.requestFocusInWindow();
.setVisible();

Is there a particular attribute/method I can set in order to solve the problem?

Edit Report

The API for showOpenDialog() refers to showDialog(), which says, "If the parent is null, then the dialog depends on no visible window, and it's placed in a look-and-feel-dependent position such as the center of the screen."

The example below positions the chooser in the center of the screen on my L&F. You might see how it compares to yours.

package gui;

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.JFileChooser;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JMenu;
import javax.swing.JMenuBar;
import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JPopupMenu;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;

/**
 * @see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8507521
 * @see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5129294
 */
public class ImageApp extends JPanel {

    private static final int MASK =
        Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getMenuShortcutKeyMask();
    private JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();
    private Action openAction = new ImageOpenAction("Open");
    private Action clearAction = new ClearAction("Clear");
    private JPopupMenu popup = new JPopupMenu();
    private BufferedImage image;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {


                        
                        
                            answered 2011-02-26T21:07:34.620

Bringing JFileChooser on top of all windows

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