Arrow on JTables column header

Hey guys,
I have a few dialogs with tables on etc, everythings fine, its just one table when the program runs, when u hovver(sp?) over the line on the column header it normally turns into a black arrow like so <--> and the you can resize it.
But this one table wont do that, ive created these in netbeans and just cant see the difference with the other tables. the columns are still resizable just remains an normal arrow though rather than <-->
Thanks for any help

You can't resize the column if use the code below,but the arrow will display
TableColumn tableColumn = this.getTableHeader().getColumnModel().getColumn(i);
                         tableColumn.setPreferredWidth(columnsize);
                         tableColumn.setMinWidth(columnsize);
                         tableColumn.setMaxWidth(columnsize);reply if it help you..

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