Fitting JTable column widths

Hi,
I have a JTable that it's columns are in AUTO_RESIZE_OFF mode. The table is in a JScrollPane that it's scrolls are shown when needed. The problem is that the table columns don't fill the scroll pane (horizontally) and because I'm using a layout I don't know that scroll size until the component appears. I need to set the column widths before the table appears.
Is there a solution for this problem?
Thanks,
Shai

To fill all the scrollpane you must use AUTO_RESIZE_ALL_COLUMNS or another mode different from AUTO_RESIZE_OFF. But in this case, rhe horizontal scrollbar won't appear.
I found a workaround to show the scrollbar when the viewport width is smaller than the preferred width of the JTable.
Denis

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I have a JTable and I am having problems with the column widths. Currently, I place my JTable in a JScrollPane, and that's it. What I want is this:
1. When the table is initially displayed, I want all the columns to be of equal width and use the entire width of the table (so no empty space at the end of the table)
2. When I resize a column I want the other columns to maintain their size, and just have the scroll bars appear.
3. When I resize the frame/browser that my app is running in, I want the scroll bars to appear.
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import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
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Forget about my last post. The following code works but I guess you'll have to work on it to make it more elegant.import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import javax.swing.*;
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     String[][] rowData = new String[][]{{"John", "18"}, {"Bill", "20"}, {"Alex", "17"}};
     String[] columns = new String[]{"Name", "Age"};
     JTable table;
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               table.getColumnModel().getColumn(i).setPreferredWidth(columnWidth);
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          f.setContentPane(t);
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               public void run() {
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Did you run the tutorial code? Did it work?
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I am having trouble initializing column widths in my JTable.... after I create the table I use JColumn.setWidth(int) to set the width of every column. It doesn't work! the table sets
default equal widths. Am trying like this :
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Using the following logic to size column width, but only the 1st column is sized. How can I get the other columns sized??
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'morning all,
How can I resize each column's width according with the content ? I mean, i'd like to show all the content of my cells, neither clipped nor with leading space.
Can something help me, please ?
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If you don't set specific font for individual cells, your JTable inherited a default font from the Component class. You can try something like this (untested):
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