JTable custom cell objects
howdy howdy howdy.
is there a way of specifying cells in a jtable to have a different object in each cell.
e.g. from the jtable tutorial
TableColumn sportColumn = table.getColumnModel().getColumn(2);
JComboBox comboBox = new JComboBox();
comboBox.addItem("Snowboarding");
comboBox.addItem("Rowing");
comboBox.addItem("Chasing toddlers");
comboBox.addItem("Speed reading");
comboBox.addItem("Teaching high school");
comboBox.addItem("None");
sportColumn.setCellEditor(new DefaultCellEditor(comboBox));so that will give me a column with a combobox with those items in to choose from....
but lets say i want a table with say 5 rows, but in the top cell of column 2 (0,1) i want a combobox with say (item1, item2, item3)
then in the next cell (1,1) i want another combo box but with different item data in e.g. (itema, itemb, itemc)
and even lets push it and say the next cell (2,1) i have a checkbox in.
this is because i have a table with 2 columns
property, value
and the property is different and can have different value types in
e.g.
property | value
font | arial, verdana, times
color | color chooser dialog
ultimately the second column is going to store a simple string, so perhaps rather than have a different item in each box i just have a common object that has a text field and a button that pops up an chooser or something.
what id really like though is a editable combo box with different fields in each of my column cells.
can anyone either help or point me in the direction of help?
thanks
is there a way of specifying cells in a jtable tohave a different object in each cell.
Yes its very easy to have a different editor for each
cell.Thanks ill look into that :)
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can anyone either help or point me in the directionof help?
You've been pointed to the Swing forum many times.I know :( but the swing forum scares me
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Hello everyone,
what is the correct way of writing a custom cell editor for a JTable? I followed the example in the Java tutorial ([How to use tables|http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/table.html#editor]), but the result is a bit weird. The code I have is the following:
private class NumericCellEditor extends AbstractCellEditor implements TableCellEditor {
NumericFTField field = new NumericFTField(threeDecimalsFormat, 3, null, 1);
public Component getTableCellEditorComponent(JTable table, Object value,
boolean isSelected, int row, int col) {
field.setValue(value);
return field;
public Object getCellEditorValue() {
return field.getValue();
@Override
public boolean stopCellEditing() {
if (((NumericFTField)field).verifyDouble()) {
field.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(0, 0, 0, 0));
fireEditingStopped();
return true;
} else {
field.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.red));
return false;
}where the NumericFTField is a class derived from JFormattedTextField that only allows digits, decimal separator, minus and 'E' to be inserted, and it monitors clipboard operations. verifyDouble() is a method of the NumericFTField class that verifies whether the current input can be parsed to a double and whether it satisfies everything it should. This is then used in
((TableColumn)jTblSpecs.getColumnModel().getColumn(1)).setCellEditor(new NumericCellEditor());The NumericFTField class works great, I use it also in place of a JTextFields, so I'd say there is nothing wrong with it.
After I click in a cell (single click), it behaves a little different that the default cell editor: the cell is not highlighted, but it immediately jumps to the editing state (why???). I, indeed, can insert the allowed characters only. When I click in a cell, do some editing and press Enter, the cell's content gets validated. If it is invalid, stopCellEditing() method does its magic; if it is valid, the caret disappears and everything SEEMS okay. However, if I started typing at this point, the cell reverts to the editing state, but now I am able to enter any character I want. It truly looks like the cell editor is now some other component, not the original NumericFTField one. What is going on here?
It would be great is someone could provide a short schematic source of a custom cell editor class that would work exactly as the JTable's default one except it would only permit digits and so on. It doesn't have to be anything fancy, just a "skeleton" of the class with comments like "input verification here" etc.
I am sorry for any lack of clarity, but I am still a Java newbie.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Best regards,
vtHi,
I am also facing the same problem. In addition to what you have specified, my requirement is to be able to select multiple rows for deletion. But, the very first row selected using mouse is not visible as selected though its selected. The other rows are visible as selected.
If you can use any JDK version, start using JDK1.6. You will not be facing this problem. There were so many changes done for swings from JDK 1.4 to 1.6. But, I have to strictly use JDK1.4, but could not find any workaround for this problem.
It would be great if anyone can help me out in this issue to get workaround for this problem. -
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I was trying to use two components in a table cell. The first was JTextField and second the JButton. Everything works fine, except when it comes to editing the JTextfield using keyboard instead of mouse. When I use tab key to go to the custom cell, I can see that the focus is on the cell (as can be visible from background color). But when I try to edit the cell using F2 or directly entering text, nothing gets entered. If I use the mouse to go to particular cell, it works fine. Here is SSCCE. Try the following.
1. Use mouse key to select first cell for editing. Edit the cell. Everything normal.
2. Use the tab key to go to the first cell. Try to edit cell either by entering directly for after using F2. Can't get the typed text into the JTextfield.
package com.ns;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.DefaultCellEditor;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.WindowConstants;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
public class TextButtonCellFrame extends javax.swing.JFrame {
// Variables declaration - do not modify
private JScrollPane jScrollPane1;
private JPanel testPanel;
private JTable testTable;
// End of variables declaration
public TextButtonCellFrame() {
initComponents();
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
// <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">
private void initComponents() {
testPanel = new JPanel();
jScrollPane1 = new JScrollPane();
testTable = new JTable();
setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
testTable.setModel(new DefaultTableModel(
new Object [][] {
{null, null, null, null},
{null, null, null, null},
{null, null, null, null},
{null, null, null, null}
new String [] {
"Title 1", "Title 2", "Title 3", "Title 4"
testTable.setRowHeight(20);
testTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(0).setCellRenderer(new MyTableCellRenderer());
testTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(0).setCellEditor(new MyTableCellEditor());
testTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(0).setPreferredWidth(200);
jScrollPane1.setViewportView(testTable);
testPanel.add(jScrollPane1);
getContentPane().add(testPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
Dimension screenSize = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
setBounds((screenSize.width-496)/2, (screenSize.height-330)/2, 496, 330);
}// </editor-fold>
public static void main(String args[]) {
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new TextButtonCellFrame().setVisible(true);
public class MyTableCellRenderer extends JPanel implements TableCellRenderer {
Point point;
JButton button1 = new JButton("Test 1");
JTextField txtField = new JTextField();
public MyTableCellRenderer() {
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
this.add(button1, BorderLayout.EAST);
this.add(txtField,BorderLayout.CENTER);
public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value,
boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int rowIndex, int vColIndex) {
if (isSelected) {
txtField.setBackground(testTable.getSelectionBackground());
txtField.setBorder(UIManager.getBorder("Table.focusCellHighlightBorder"));
else {
txtField.setBackground(testTable.getBackground());
txtField.setBorder(null);
return this;
public class MyTableCellEditor extends DefaultCellEditor
implements ActionListener {
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
JButton button1 = new JButton ("Test 1");
JTextField txtField = new JTextField();
MyTableCellEditor() {
super (new JTextField());
button1.addActionListener(this);
panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
panel.add(button1, BorderLayout.EAST);
panel.add(txtField,BorderLayout.CENTER);
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (e.getSource() == button1)
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Action One Successful");
public Component getTableCellEditorComponent(JTable table, Object value,
boolean isSelected, int row, int column) {
txtField.requestFocusInWindow();
return panel;
}regards,
nirvan.I don't know what's better:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.EventObject;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
public class TextButtonCellFrame extends JFrame {
JTable testTable = new JTable();
public TextButtonCellFrame() {
testTable.setModel(new DefaultTableModel(
new Object [][] {
{null, null, null, null},
{null, null, null, null}
new String [] { "1", "2", "3", "4" }
testTable.setRowHeight(20);
testTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(0).setCellRenderer(
new MyTableCellRenderer());
testTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(0).setCellEditor(
new MyTableCellEditor(new JTextField()));
testTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(0).setPreferredWidth(200);
getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(testTable));
setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setSize(480,320);
setLocationRelativeTo(null);
public static void main(String args[]) {
java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
new TextButtonCellFrame().setVisible(true);
public class MyTableCellRenderer extends JPanel
implements TableCellRenderer {
JButton button1 = new JButton("Test 1");
JTextField txtField = new JTextField();
public MyTableCellRenderer() {
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
this.add(button1, BorderLayout.EAST);
this.add(txtField,BorderLayout.CENTER);
public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value,
boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int rowIndex, int vColIndex) {
if (isSelected) {
txtField.setBackground(testTable.getSelectionBackground());
txtField.setBorder(UIManager.getBorder("Table.focusCellHighlightBorder"));
} else {
txtField.setBackground(testTable.getBackground());
txtField.setBorder(null);
txtField.setText(value==null?"":value.toString());
return this;
public class MyTableCellEditor extends DefaultCellEditor
implements ActionListener {
JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
JButton button1 = new JButton ("Test 1");
JTextField txtField; // = new JTextField();
MyTableCellEditor(JTextField txtField) {
super (txtField);
this.txtField = txtField;
button1.addActionListener(this);
panel.add(button1, BorderLayout.EAST);
panel.add(txtField,BorderLayout.CENTER);
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (e.getSource() == button1)
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "Action One Successful");
public Component getTableCellEditorComponent(JTable table, Object value,
boolean isSelected, int row, int column) {
txtField.setText(value==null?"":value.toString());
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
txtField.requestFocusInWindow();
return panel;
} -
JTable custom cell editor losing focus
This is a followup to Re: Tutorial on AWT/Swing control flow wherein I ask for pointers to help me understand the source of focus-loss behaviour in my JTable's custom cell editor.
I have done some more investigations and it turns out that the focus loss is a more general problem with custom cell editors which call other windows. Even the color-picker demo in the JTable tutorial at http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/examples/components/index.html#TableDialogEditDemo has this problem, IF you add a text field or two to the layout BEFORE the table. The only reason the table in the demo doesn't lose the focus when the color-picker comes out is because the table is the only thing in the window!
Here is the demo code, augmented with two text fields, which are admittedly ugly here but which serve the desired purpose:
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import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.Border;
import javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellEditor;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
public class TableDialogEditDemo extends JPanel {
public class ColorEditor extends AbstractCellEditor
implements TableCellEditor,
ActionListener {
Color currentColor;
JButton button;
JColorChooser colorChooser;
JDialog dialog;
protected static final String EDIT = "edit";
public ColorEditor() {
//Set up the editor (from the table's point of view), which is a button.
//This button brings up the color chooser dialog, which is the editor from the user's point of view.
button = new JButton();
button.setActionCommand(EDIT);
button.addActionListener(this);
button.setBorderPainted(false);
//Set up the dialog that the button brings up.
colorChooser = new JColorChooser();
dialog = JColorChooser.createDialog(button, "Pick a Color", true, //modal
colorChooser, this, //OK button handler
null); //no CANCEL button handler
* Handles events from the editor button and from the dialog's OK button.
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (EDIT.equals(e.getActionCommand())) {
//The user has clicked the cell, so bring up the dialog.
button.setBackground(currentColor);
colorChooser.setColor(currentColor);
dialog.setVisible(true);
//Make the renderer reappear.
fireEditingStopped();
} else { //User pressed dialog's "OK" button
currentColor = colorChooser.getColor();
public Object getCellEditorValue() {
return currentColor;
public Component getTableCellEditorComponent(JTable table,
Object value,
boolean isSelected,
int row,
int column) {
currentColor = (Color) value;
return button;
public class ColorRenderer extends JLabel
implements TableCellRenderer {
Border unselectedBorder = null;
Border selectedBorder = null;
boolean isBordered = true;
public ColorRenderer(boolean isBordered) {
this.isBordered = isBordered;
setOpaque(true);
public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(
JTable table, Object color,
boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus,
int row, int column) {
Color newColor = (Color) color;
setBackground(newColor);
if (isBordered) {
if (isSelected) {
if (selectedBorder == null) {
selectedBorder = BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(2, 5, 2, 5,
table.getSelectionBackground());
setBorder(selectedBorder);
} else {
if (unselectedBorder == null) {
unselectedBorder = BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(2, 5, 2, 5,
table.getBackground());
setBorder(unselectedBorder);
return this;
public TableDialogEditDemo() {
super(new GridLayout());
JTextField tf1 = new JTextField("tf1");
add(tf1);
JTextField tf2 = new JTextField("tf2");
add(tf2);
JTable table = new JTable(new MyTableModel());
table.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(new Dimension(500, 70));
table.setFillsViewportHeight(true);
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(table);
table.setDefaultRenderer(Color.class,
new ColorRenderer(true));
table.setDefaultEditor(Color.class,
new ColorEditor());
add(scrollPane);
class MyTableModel extends AbstractTableModel {
private String[] columnNames = {"First Name",
"Favorite Color",
"Sport",
"# of Years",
"Vegetarian"};
private Object[][] data = {
{"Mary", new Color(153, 0, 153),
"Snowboarding", new Integer(5), new Boolean(false)},
{"Alison", new Color(51, 51, 153),
"Rowing", new Integer(3), new Boolean(true)},
{"Kathy", new Color(51, 102, 51),
"Knitting", new Integer(2), new Boolean(false)},
{"Sharon", Color.red,
"Speed reading", new Integer(20), new Boolean(true)},
{"Philip", Color.pink,
"Pool", new Integer(10), new Boolean(false)}
public int getColumnCount() {
return columnNames.length;
public int getRowCount() {
return data.length;
public String getColumnName(int col) {
return columnNames[col];
public Object getValueAt(int row, int col) {
return data[row][col];
public Class getColumnClass(int c) {
return getValueAt(0, c).getClass();
public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int col) {
if (col < 1) {
return false;
} else {
return true;
public void setValueAt(Object value, int row, int col) {
data[row][col] = value;
fireTableCellUpdated(row, col);
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("TableDialogEditDemo");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JComponent newContentPane = new TableDialogEditDemo();
newContentPane.setOpaque(true);
frame.setContentPane(newContentPane);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
public static void main(String[] args) {
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
}When you come back from choosing a color, tf1 is given the focus, instead of the table. This is because bringing the color picker window to the front causes a focus lost event for the cell editor component; it's temporary, as it should be, so why on earth is the system losing track of who has focus in the window??
I see the following in Window#getMostRecentFocusOwner():
public Component getMostRecentFocusOwner()
if (isFocused())
return getFocusOwner();
else
Component mostRecent =
KeyboardFocusManager.getMostRecentFocusOwner(this);
if (mostRecent != null)
return mostRecent;
else
return (isFocusableWindow())
? getFocusTraversalPolicy().getInitialComponent(this)
: null;
}My app has a custom focus traversal policy, so I'm able to see who is being called, and indeed, getInitialComponent() is being called. Clearly, the KeyboardFocusManager is actually losing track of the fact that the table was focussed at the point where control was transferred to the color picker! This strikes me as completely unreasonable, especially since, as noted, this is a temporary focus loss event, not a permanent one.
I'd be grateful for any wisdom in solving this, since similar behaviour to this little demo -- without focus loss, naturally -- is an essential part of my application.Looks like it is because the 'restore-focus-to-previous-after-modal-dialog-close' is in a later event than when the control returns to the action performed (which I guess makes sense: it continues the action event handler and the focus events are handled later, but I needed two chained invoke laters so it might also be that the OS events comes later).
The following works for me (in the actionPerformed edited):
// create the dialog here so it is correctly parented
// (otherwise sometimes OK button not correctly the default button)
dialog = JColorChooser.createDialog(button, "Pick a Color", true, //modal
colorChooser, this, //OK button handler
null); //no CANCEL button handler
//The user has clicked the cell, so bring up the dialog.
button.setBackground(currentColor);
colorChooser.setColor(currentColor);
button.addFocusListener(new FocusListener() {
@Override
public void focusLost(FocusEvent e) {}
@Override
public void focusGained(FocusEvent e) {
// dialog closed and focus restored
button.removeFocusListener(this);
fireEditingStopped();
dialog.setVisible(true);but a simpler request might be better (althoug I still need an invoke later):
// rest as before except the FocusListener
dialog.setVisible(true);
button.requestFocusInWindow();
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
fireEditingStopped();
});And a quick fix to the renderer so you can actualy see the focus on it:
if(hasFocus) {
Border border = DefaultLookup.getBorder(this, ui, "Table.focusCellHighlightBorder");
setBorder(BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(
border, BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(1, 4, 1, 4,
((MatteBorder) getBorder()).getMatteColor())));
} -
JTable - Custom cell editor lossing commit
Hello,
I have a custom cell editor and a default renderer assigned to a specific cell in my table...
I have the following problem :
If i change the value of cell 'c1' from value 'v1' to 'v2' and press enter and go to another cell the value in 'c1' is rendered correctly as 'v2'
Hoever if i change the value of cell 'c1' from 'v1' to 'v2' and simply click over to another cell the value in 'c1' stays rendered as 'v1'
Question : Is there ANY way to mimic the behavior of the user pressing enter in my custom cell editor when a user simply selects another cell, i guess on loss of focus or something..
This is the last problem i have on the current project i am on and its very annoying.
Thanks in advance, any help appreciated..
-AlanI have the same problem using a custom Date/Time Picker Object (which extends JComboBox) as an editor within a table cell. For simplicity sake, I am posting code using only the base editable JComboBox, but it exhibits the same symptoms. If you enter a value in the TextField portion of the ComboBox and Tab, your value remains the same. If you enter a value in the TextField portion of the ComboBox and click in another cell, the value returns to the previous value (before editing began).
import java.awt.*; // BorderLayout
import javax.swing.*; // JTable, JFrame
import javax.swing.table.*; // DefaultTableModel
public class Tester extends JFrame
public static void main(String[] args)
Tester test = new Tester();
public Tester()
String[] values = {"Test", "Values"};
JComboBox combo = new JComboBox(values);
combo.setEditable(true);
DefaultCellEditor editor = new DefaultCellEditor(combo);
JTable table = new JTable(2, 3);
table.getColumn(table.getColumnName(0)).setCellEditor(editor);
JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane(table);
getContentPane().add(scroll, BorderLayout.CENTER);
pack();
setVisible(true);
} -
JTable custom cell renderer and editor breaks row sorting
Hello Forum,
I have a JTable on which I set setAutoCreateRowSorter(true); I then hook up a custom cell editor and renderer for the Date class.
this.tblLeden.setDefaultRenderer(Date.class, new DateCellEditor());
this.tblLeden.setDefaultEditor(Date.class, new DateCellEditor());
The sorting for that particular row then breaks, it works fine for every other row. How do I fix this? Just directions where to look would be great too.
Here is my code for the renderer/editor:
(btw this is probably not the best way to do this so any suggestions for optimizing are great too)
import java.awt.Component;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.EventObject;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Vector;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.event.CellEditorListener;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellEditor;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
import com.toedter.calendar.JDateChooser;
public class DateCellEditor extends JDateChooser implements TableCellRenderer, TableCellEditor
private static final long serialVersionUID = -5073758499524392257L;
private final Vector<CellEditorListener> listeners = new Vector<CellEditorListener>();
// oops.. lingering objects problem when rows are deleted..
private final HashMap<Integer, JDateChooser> components = new HashMap<Integer, JDateChooser>();
@Override
public final Component getTableCellRendererComponent(final JTable table,
final Object value, final boolean isSelected, final boolean hasFocus,
final int row, final int col)
JDateChooser temp = this.components.get(Integer.valueOf(row));
if (temp == null)
temp = new JDateChooser();
this.components.put(Integer.valueOf(row), temp);
temp.setDate((Date) value);
return temp;
@Override
public final Component getTableCellEditorComponent(final JTable table,
final Object value, final boolean isSelected, final int row,
final int column)
JDateChooser temp = this.components.get(Integer.valueOf(row));
if (temp == null)
temp = new JDateChooser();
this.components.put(Integer.valueOf(row), temp);
temp.setDate((Date) value);
return temp;
@Override
public final void addCellEditorListener(final CellEditorListener arg0)
this.listeners.addElement(arg0);
@Override
public final void removeCellEditorListener(final CellEditorListener arg0)
this.listeners.removeElement(arg0);
@Override
public final void cancelCellEditing()
return;
@Override
public final Object getCellEditorValue()
return null;
@Override
public final boolean isCellEditable(final EventObject arg0)
return true;
@Override
public final boolean shouldSelectCell(final EventObject arg0)
return true;
@Override
public final boolean stopCellEditing()
return true;
}This seems to work:
import java.awt.Component;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeEvent;
import java.beans.PropertyChangeListener;
import java.sql.Date;
import java.util.EventObject;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Vector;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.event.CellEditorListener;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellEditor;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
import com.toedter.calendar.JDateChooser;
public class DateCellEditor implements TableCellRenderer, TableCellEditor, PropertyChangeListener
private static final long serialVersionUID = -5073758499524392257L;
private final Vector<CellEditorListener> listeners = new Vector<CellEditorListener>();
// oops.. lingering objects problem when rows are deleted..
private final HashMap<Integer, JDateChooser> components = new HashMap<Integer, JDateChooser>();
private Date storedValue = null;
@Override
public final Component getTableCellRendererComponent(final JTable table,
final Object value, final boolean isSelected, final boolean hasFocus,
final int row, final int col)
JDateChooser temp = this.components.get(Integer.valueOf(row));
if (temp == null)
temp = new JDateChooser();
temp.addPropertyChangeListener("date", this);
this.components.put(Integer.valueOf(row), temp);
temp.setDate((Date) value);
return temp;
@Override
public final Component getTableCellEditorComponent(final JTable table,
final Object value, final boolean isSelected, final int row,
final int column)
JDateChooser temp = this.components.get(Integer.valueOf(row));
if (temp == null)
temp = new JDateChooser();
temp.addPropertyChangeListener("date", this);
this.components.put(Integer.valueOf(row), temp);
temp.setDate((Date) value);
return temp;
@Override
public final void addCellEditorListener(final CellEditorListener arg0)
this.listeners.addElement(arg0);
@Override
public final void removeCellEditorListener(final CellEditorListener arg0)
this.listeners.removeElement(arg0);
@Override
public final void cancelCellEditing()
return;
@Override
public final Object getCellEditorValue()
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@Override
public final boolean isCellEditable(final EventObject arg0)
return true;
@Override
public final boolean shouldSelectCell(final EventObject arg0)
return true;
@Override
public final boolean stopCellEditing()
return true;
@Override
public final void propertyChange(final PropertyChangeEvent arg0)
if (((JDateChooser) arg0.getSource()).getDate() == null)
return;
this.storedValue = new Date(((JDateChooser) arg0.getSource()).getDate().getTime());
ChangeEvent event = new ChangeEvent(arg0.getSource());
for (int i = 0; i < this.listeners.size(); i++)
this.listeners.elementAt(i).editingStopped(event);
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JTable custom cell editor focus problem
Hi I have created a JTable (using Java 1.4.2) and have three cell Editors, one is a JFormattedTextField, one is a JComboBox and one is a custom cell editor.
When I press tab I can select the cell with the JFormattedTextField and when I start typing the JFormattedTextField accepts my input and it is displayed in the cell. This is the type of behaviour I would like but it does not seem to work for my other 2 cell editors:
When I tab to the JComboBox cell I can see that the cell is selected but typing or using the arrow keys does not allow me to select a new value in the JComboBox. (I have also tried typing space or enter to activate the JComboBox whilst the cell is selected.) The only ways to select a new value at the moment is to first click on the cell with the mouse and then use the keyboard to select a new value. It is like the actual JComboBox is not receiving the focus? Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
I also seem to have the same problem with my custom cell editor. My custom editor is a JPanel which contains JFormattedTextField again I can tab to the cell and see that it is selected but to activate the JFormattedTextField I have to actually select it with the mouse.
I have been stuck on this for some time so if any one has any suggestions they would be much appreciated !Hi I have created a JTable (using Java 1.4.2) and have three cell Editors, one is a JFormattedTextField, one is a JComboBox and one is a custom cell editor.
When I press tab I can select the cell with the JFormattedTextField and when I start typing the JFormattedTextField accepts my input and it is displayed in the cell. This is the type of behaviour I would like but it does not seem to work for my other 2 cell editors:
When I tab to the JComboBox cell I can see that the cell is selected but typing or using the arrow keys does not allow me to select a new value in the JComboBox. (I have also tried typing space or enter to activate the JComboBox whilst the cell is selected.) The only ways to select a new value at the moment is to first click on the cell with the mouse and then use the keyboard to select a new value. It is like the actual JComboBox is not receiving the focus? Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
I also seem to have the same problem with my custom cell editor. My custom editor is a JPanel which contains JFormattedTextField again I can tab to the cell and see that it is selected but to activate the JFormattedTextField I have to actually select it with the mouse.
I have been stuck on this for some time so if any one has any suggestions they would be much appreciated ! -
JTable Custom Cell Editor: how to get value?
I have some custom cell renderers and editor. One of my custom cell editor is a text field that can popup a separat gui for easier data selection. As this text field alone with the popup gui works great, when i use this field in my custom jtable cell editor, the gui selected value is never displayed in the table cell. it just shows the old value.?
Well, here's how I do it. I'm very new to Swing so I'm, not sure if this is the best way. If you find a better way, please repost on this message.
My cell editor is a JPanel with a JTextfield in it. I make sure that the JTextfield will have default focus when the JPanel is focused.
In the CellEditor, I add a KeyListener to the JTextField so that when the user hits enter, it fires the stopEditing. I then add a function to CellEditor that returns what's in the JTextField.
In the code, m_value is the JTextField. You want to add MyKeyAdapter to the JTextField. Viola, it works!
* This private class reads in an enter key.
class MyKeyAdapter extends KeyAdapter {
public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
if (e.getKeyCode() == KeyEvent.VK_ENTER) {
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* Returns the value of the editor
* @return the value of the editor
public String getValue() {
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JTable Custom Cell Event handling
Hi,
I have a column in JTable as image which is rendered by using custom cell renderer. I want to handle action event for the cell...
I tried adding actionPerformed event for the button using which the image is rendered but the event is not triggered....
Can you please tell me how to proceed with this
Thanks,
S.AnandI'm assuming you want to know when the user has clicked on a particular cell in the table. If so, add a MouseListener to the table then implement a MouseListener or one of the Mouse...Adapter classes with the method:
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)
Point p = e.getPoint();
int row = table.rowAtPoint(p);
int col = table.columnAtPoint(p);
// now do something according to the cell that was clicked -
Overriding double click in JTable custom cell
I have a JTable where I reset the custom cells to become editable on a single click instead if a double using:
((DefaultCellEditor)table.getDefaultEditor(String.class)).setClickCountToStart(1);
Now what I need to do is display a JPopupMenu click a cell is double clicked. This works on cells that are not editable but the problem is that the user needs the popup dialog to display info for the cells that are editable.
I have used the basic way to implement a double click on a certain column (in this case my third column):
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e){
if (e.getClickCount() == 2 && table.getSelectedColumn() == 2 ){
popupMenu.show( e.getComponent(),
e.getX(), e.getY() );
But when double clicking, nothing happens.
Anyone have any idea to implement this or over-ride an editable cell?
Thanks,
ChrisThis still says <identifier> expect, how can I resove this please? Then you still have something wrong with your code. Since you didn't post your code how are we supposed to help?
The proper way to ask a question is to include your demo code that trys to illustrate the problem. Something like the following:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class TableRightClick extends JFrame
public TableRightClick()
JTable table = new JTable(10, 5);
table.addMouseListener( new MouseAdapter()
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
if ( SwingUtilities.isRightMouseButton(e) )
// if (e.isPopupTrigger())
JTable source = (JTable)e.getSource();
int row = source.rowAtPoint( e.getPoint() );
int column = source.columnAtPoint( e.getPoint() );
System.out.println(column);
source.changeSelection(row, column, false, false);
table.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(table.getPreferredSize());
getContentPane().add( new JScrollPane(table) );
public static void main(String[] args)
TableRightClick frame = new TableRightClick();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation( EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo( null );
frame.setVisible( true );
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JTable: Custom cell renderer on T(row, col)
Sorry if this was posted before, but the whole Search function doesn't seem to work these days (hasn't been working for a week now). Anyways:
I know how to create custom cell renderers. My problem lies with which cells I want to apply that cell renderer to. It seems I am limited in setting a cell renderer to a whole column, which I don't want.
For instance, I'd like to apply cell renderer R1 to (0,0) but not to (1,0) and not to (3,0). Instead I want cell renderer R2 on (2,0) and (3,0).
Example of my table:
|--icon--|--filename--|--extension--|
| R1 | file1.txt | txt |
| R2 | img1.jpg | jpg |
| R1 | file2.txt | txt |
| R2 | img2.jpg | jpg |
|-----------------------------------|Is there any possibility this can be achieved? I am probably overlooking some method or class, but I don't know which. Some pointers or clues in the right directions are appreciated.
ThanksCamickr, again you've been a great help. Works great, but a NullPointerException is being thrown and I can't find out what points to a null object.
Code is this:
public TableCellRenderer getCellRenderer(int row, int column) {
if (getValueAt(row, 3).equals("jpg") && column == 0) {
return new IconCellRenderer(Klue.iconAdd);
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Event Handling in JTable Custom Cell Renderer
I have a JLabel as a custom cell Renderer for a column. I want to handle mouse click event for the JLabel rendered in the cell.
I tried adding the listener for the label in the custom cell renderer but it is not working. Any ideas how to handle this problem??
Thanks
S.AnandIf you want to handle the selection of a tree node
1) write a class like:
public class TreePaneListener implements TreeSelectionListener {
// TREE SELECTION LISTENER
public void valueChanged(TreeSelectionEvent e) {
JTree tree = (JTree)e.getSource();
DefaultMutableTreeNode node = null;
int count = 0;
boolean doSomething = false;
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int[] temp = new int[selection.length];
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Hi All,
I'm having a bit of a problem writing a custom renderer for a JTable.
What seems to be happening is that the changes I apply in the renderer to the component are applied to ALL cells.
All I want to do is have a different background color for certain cells....
Ive derived from DefaultTableCellRenderer, so Im using its getTableCellRendererComponent to do most of the work.
So, Ive got something like this:
private class DirtyCacheRenderer extends DefaultTableCellRenderer
public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value,
boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column)
// Modifies 'this'
super.getTableCellRendererComponent(table,value,isSelected,hasFocus,row,column);
// If the row/column is 'dirty' (I.e - if I want 2 color it diferently)
if(((EditableTableModel)table.getModel()).isDirty(row,column))
// The column is dirty. Set the color accordingly:
super.setBackground(DIRTY_COLOR);
return this;
}The effect is that as soon as ONE cell gets its color set above, all of the cells do!
Please help, its driving me mad!!!
DI tried this and it worked. Tell me if it is OK for you.
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
public class testRenderer implements TableCellRenderer {
JLabel cell = new JLabel();
Color dirty = new Color(100,100,100);
Color clear = new Color(0,0,0);
public testRenderer() {
cell.setOpaque(true);
public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table,Object value,
boolean isSelected,boolean hasFocus, int row, int column) {
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} else {
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JTable custom cell renderer for each cell
Hi,
Iam trying to implement a JTable in which each cell in a column can be of a different type. i.e it can be a tree node or plain text. Can someone point me to examples where this has been done.
Iam trying to override getColumnClass but it only takes a column no as parameter. I would like to return a different type depending on the row for which getColumnClass is called. It would help if getColumnClass could take 2 params (row and column). Can someone help.
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vidyutYou can override getCellRenderer(int row, int column) of JTable
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Problem with UITableViewCell, can´t add the same custom cell
Hi,
I have a table view which I populate the cells with a UITableView class that i wrote. This custom class has two labels and a image view. In the method cellForRowAtIndexPath, i use the following code:
[cell addSubview:myTableViewCellClass];
the first cell is ok, the cell displays my custom cell. But the second cell can´t display the same custom cell object. Is there something I can do to avoid this problem?
I have another problem. When i scroll my table view very fast, the program crashes with the following message:
[Session started at 2008-08-24 18:30:10 -0700.]
Loading program into debugger…
GNU gdb 6.3.50-20050815 (Apple version gdb-960) (Sun May 18 18:38:33 UTC 2008)
Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i386-apple-darwin".warning: Unable to read symbols >for
"/System/Library/Frameworks/UIKit.framework/UIKit" (file not found).
warning: Unable to read symbols from "UIKit" (not yet mapped into memory).
warning: Unable to read symbols for "/System/Library/Frameworks>/CoreGraphics.framework/CoreGraphics" (file not
found).
warning: Unable to read symbols from "CoreGraphics" (not yet mapped into memory).
Program loaded.
sharedlibrary apply-load-rules all
Attaching to program: `/Users/pitteri/Library/Application Support/iPhone
Simulator/User/Applications/9F7BD517-CB1E-49C5-BD30-24831239120F/OndeEstou.app/O ndeEstou', process 11209.This is not the correct method for using custom table cells with a table. You need to create a custom cell class that extends UITableViewCell. This class should handle the layout and display for the content of a single cell.
In your table view delegate's 'cellForRowAtIndexPath' method, you create or obtain an instance of your custom cell, configure the cell by setting the title or other properties appropriate for you custom cell, then return the cell. That's it.
It appears, from your code, that you are trying to add the table view cell class to the cell. Maybe you mistyped. But don't call 'addSubview' on anything within the table view delegate.
Have a look at the UICatalog example app. It has several custom table cells and shows both how to implement a custom cell, but also how to use it in a table.
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