JTable fixed Row and Column in the same window

Question

Hi
Could anyone tip me how to make fixed row and column in the same table(s).
I know how to make column fixed and row, tried to combine them but it didnt look pretty.
Can anyone give me a tip?
Thanks! :)

Answer 1

Got it to work!
heres the kod.. nothing beautiful, didnt clean it up.
* NewClass.java
* Created on den 29 november 2007, 12:51
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package tablevectortest;
* @author Sockan
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
public class FixedRowCol extends JFrame {
  Object[][] data;
  Object[] column;
  JTable fixedTable,table,fixedColTable,fixedTopmodelTable;
  private int FIXED_NUM = 16;
  public FixedRowCol() {
    super( "Fixed Row Example" );
    data =  new Object[][]{
        {      "","A","A","A","",""},
        {      "a","b","","","",""},
        {      "a","","c","","",""},
        {      "","","","d","",""},
        {      "","","","","e",""},
        {      "","","","","","f"},
        {      "","b","","","",""},
        {      "","","c","","",""},
        {      "","","","d","",""},
        {      "","","","","e",""},
        {      "","b","","","",""},
        {      "","","c","","",""},
        {      "","","","d","",""},
        {      "","","","","e",""},
        {      "","","","","","f"},
        {      "I","","W","G","A",""}};
    column = new Object[]{"A","B","C","D","E","F"};
    AbstractTableModel fixedColModel = new AbstractTableModel() {
      public int getColumnCount() {
        return 1;
      public int getRowCount() {
        return data.length;
      public String getColumnName(int col) {
        return (String) column[col];
      public Object getValueAt(int row, int col) {
        return data[row][col];
      public boolean CellEditable(int row, int col) {
        return true;
    AbstractTableModel    model = new AbstractTableModel() {
      public int getColumnCount() { return column.length-2; }
      public int getRowCount() { return data.length - FIXED_NUM; }
      public String getColumnName(int col) {
       return (String)column[col+1];
      public Object getValueAt(int row, int col) {
        return data[row][col+1];
      public void setValueAt(Object obj, int row, int col) {
        data[row][col+1] = obj;
      public boolean CellEditable(int row, int col) {
        return true;
    AbstractTableModel fixedTopModel = new AbstractTableModel() {
      public int getColumnCount() { return 1; }
      public int getRowCount() { return data.length - FIXED_NUM; }
      public String getColumnName(int col) {
       return (String)column[col];
      public Object getValueAt(int row, int col) {
        return data[row][col];
      public void setValueAt(Object obj, int row, int col) {
        data[row][col] = obj;
      public boolean CellEditable(int row, int col) {
        return true;
    AbstractTableModel fixedModel = new AbstractTableModel() {     
      public int getColumnCount() { return column.length-2; }
      public int getRowCount() { return FIXED_NUM; }
      public Object getValueAt(int row, int col) {
        return data[row + (data.length - FIXED_NUM)][col+1];
    table = new JTable( model );
    table.setAutoResizeMode(JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_OFF);
    table.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
    fixedTable = new JTable( fixedModel );
    fixedTable.setAutoResizeMode(JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_OFF);
    fixedTable.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
    fixedColTable= new JTable(fixedColModel);
    fixedColTable.setAutoResizeMode(JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_OFF);
    fixedColTable.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
    fixedTopmodelTable = new JTable(fixedTopModel);
    fixedTopmodelTable.setAutoResizeMode(JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_OFF);
    fixedTopmodelTable.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);   
    JScrollPane scroll      = new JScrollPane( table );
     scroll.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
     scroll.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
    JScrollPane fixedScroll = new JScrollPane( fixedTable ) {
      public void setColumnHeaderView(Component view) {}
    fixedScroll.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
    fixedScroll.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
    JScrollBar bar = scroll.getVerticalScrollBar();
    JScrollBar dummyBar = new JScrollBar() {
      public void paint(Graphics g) {}
    dummyBar.setPreferredSize(bar.getPreferredSize());
    scroll.setVerticalScrollBar(dummyBar);
    final JScrollBar bar1 = scroll.getHorizontalScrollBar();
    JScrollBar bar2 = fixedScroll.getHorizontalScrollBar();
    bar2.addAdjustmentListener(new AdjustmentListener() {
      public void adjustmentValueChanged(AdjustmentEvent e) {
        bar1.setValue(e.getValue());
    JViewport viewport = new JViewport();
    viewport.setView(fixedColTable);
    viewport.setPreferredSize(fixedColTable.getPreferredSize());
    fixedScroll.setRowHeaderView(viewport);
    fixedScroll.setCorner(JScrollPane.UPPER_LEFT_CORNER, fixedColTable
        .getTableHeader());   
    JViewport viewport2 = new JViewport();
    viewport2.setView(fixedTopmodelTable);
    viewport2.setPreferredSize(fixedTopmodelTable.getPreferredSize());
    scroll.setRowHeaderView(viewport2);
    scroll.setCorner(JScrollPane.UPPER_LEFT_CORNER, fixedTopmodelTable
        .getTableHeader()); 
    scroll.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(600, 19));
    fixedScroll.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(600, 100)); 
    getContentPane().add(     scroll, BorderLayout.NORTH);
    getContentPane().add(fixedScroll, BorderLayout.CENTER);   
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    FixedRowCol frame = new FixedRowCol();
    frame.addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter() {
      public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e ) {
        System.exit(0);
    frame.pack();
    frame.setVisible(true);
}