Good Choice for a "user" Selector ? (more inside)

for a chat applikation i have reserved the left part of a borderlayout for a tabbed pane. one tab shall display a matrix if icons, each representing a user (include a name string). now im thinking about which component to choose to realize that. it is important, that it shouldnt be only a graphical component, moreover the icons need to be clickable.
up to now i think about either using a very individual jcolorchooser or a jtable. any good suggestions ?

sorry, forgot one thing:
to keep it i a good form i want to order them as a m*n matrix. e.g. three user-icons i a row ...

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