Data visibility in JTable columns

Question

I am unable to see the "full" cell data in a JTable. When I click on the cell, the cursor lets me move left and right inside the cell. And that's the only way to see the full data inside the cell. Is there some way to set the minimum width of a cell or the spacing between the vertical lines so the full data is visible? Right now, in the JTable all cells are of equal width and height. Thanks for any responses. -- Murthy

Answer 1

Something similar to this should help. This is for a 5 column table, so you would obviously not hard code it, but instead ask the table model for the number of columns.
This sample code is from the Java Tutorial in the "How to use JTables" page. http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/table.html
TableColumn column = null;
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
    column = table.getColumnModel().getColumn(i);
    if (i == 2) {
        column.setPreferredWidth(100); //sport column is bigger
    } else {
        column.setPreferredWidth(50);
}