JTable inside JTable
Hello!
I have a JTable with 3 rows... I want to do something like this:
In the last column of each row, there is a button... When I click this button, a table should appear above the current row...
Is there any way to do it?
Thanks
I read the Java tutorial about the GlassPane. If I let it visible, it will block all mouse events, which is not what I want I think. Assume I use the GlassPane, I will store the inner JTable as the value in the outer JTable cells, and I use a customized cell renderer to draw the JTable. When mouse clicks on one of the inner JTable cells, the editor takes over, and draws the inner JTable again. Am I on the right track here?
Thanks for refering me to the GlassPane!
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so anyway - did anyone ever do that? have a table inside a table? anyone can point me in the right direction?
thanks.Hello. I'm trying to see if it's at all possible to
have a JTable inside a JTable cell. I tried modifying
those 'JButton inside JCell' examples, to no avail -
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so anyway - did anyone ever do that? have a table
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I have a custom combobox editor which supports the autocomplete feature as follows:
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this.comboBox = comboBox;
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public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent e) {
private class ScrollHandler implements Runnable {
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private int scrollToRow;
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try {
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String text = getDocument().getText(0, length);
scrollToRow = -1;
scrollToString = (String) comboBox.getSelectedItem();
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if (item.startsWith(text)) {
scrollToString = item;
break;
scrollToRow++;
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final int matchCount = getDocument()
.getCurrentMatchCount();
updatingSelection = true;
comboBox.setSelectedItem(scrollToString);
if (comboBox.isDisplayable())
comboBox.showPopup();
updatingSelection = false;
if (scrollToRow != comboBox.getItemCount() - 1) {
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JList popupList = ui.getPopupList();
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remove(0, getLength());
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import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
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return 10;
public int getRowCount() {
return 10;
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I am facing the following problems with JTextArea inside Jtable Cell
1. blinking cursor not visible on the cell(0,0) first time the UI is shown, although it has the focus
2. blinking cursor not visible on the 5th column (JTextArea) when it receives the focus nor the characters are visible when i start typing. i have to manually double click to force the focus to shift to the cell.
3. focus does not shit out of the 5th column (JTextArea) after pressing the tab key or enter key once. i have to do that twice to force the focus out.
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Thanks.
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.DefaultCellEditor;
import javax.swing.InputMap;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
public class test extends JFrame {
JTable table;
public test() {
table = new JTable(15, 5) {
public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int column) {
return column % 2 == 0;
// return true;
public void changeSelection(final int row, final int column,
boolean toggle, boolean extend) {
super.changeSelection(row, column, toggle, extend);
if (editCellAt(row, column)) {
getEditorComponent().requestFocusInWindow();
table.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(table.getPreferredSize());
table.putClientProperty("terminateEditOnFocusLost", Boolean.TRUE);
TextAreaRenderer textAreaRenderer = new TextAreaRenderer();
TextAreaEditor textEditor = new TextAreaEditor();
table.getColumnModel().getColumn(4).setCellRenderer(textAreaRenderer);
table.getColumnModel().getColumn(4).setCellEditor(textEditor);
JTextField tf = new JTextField();
tf.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());
table.setDefaultEditor(Object.class, new DefaultCellEditor((tf)));
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(table);
DefaultCellEditor dce = (DefaultCellEditor) table
.getDefaultEditor(Object.class);
dce.setClickCountToStart(1);
getContentPane().add(scrollPane);
InputMap im = table
.getInputMap(JTable.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT);
// Have the enter key work the same as the tab key
KeyStroke tab = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_TAB, 0);
KeyStroke enter = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER, 0);
im.put(enter, im.get(tab));
// Disable the right arrow key
KeyStroke right = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT, 0);
im.put(right, "none");
// Override the default tab behaviour
// Tab to the next editable cell. When no editable cells goto next cell.
final Action oldTabAction = table.getActionMap().get(im.get(tab));
Action tabAction = new AbstractAction() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
oldTabAction.actionPerformed(e);
JTable table = (JTable) e.getSource();
int rowCount = table.getRowCount();
int columnCount = table.getColumnCount();
int row = table.getSelectedRow();
int column = table.getSelectedColumn();
while (!table.isCellEditable(row, column)) {
column += 1;
if (column == columnCount) {
column = 0;
row += 1;
if (row == rowCount) {
row = 0;
// Back to where we started, get out.
if (row == table.getSelectedRow()
&& column == table.getSelectedColumn()) {
break;
table.changeSelection(row, column, false, false);
table.getActionMap().put(im.get(tab), tabAction);
table.setSurrendersFocusOnKeystroke(true);
public static void main(String[] args) {
test frame = new test();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
import java.awt.Component;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.table.TableColumn;
import javax.swing.table.TableColumnModel;
public class TextAreaRenderer extends JTextArea implements TableCellRenderer {
private final DefaultTableCellRenderer adaptee = new DefaultTableCellRenderer();
/** map from table to map of rows to map of column heights */
private final Map cellSizes = new HashMap();
public TextAreaRenderer() {
setLineWrap(true);
setWrapStyleWord(true);
public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(//
JTable table, Object obj, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus,
int row, int column) {
// set the colours, etc. using the standard for that platform
adaptee.getTableCellRendererComponent(table, obj, isSelected, hasFocus,
row, column);
setForeground(adaptee.getForeground());
setBackground(adaptee.getBackground());
setBorder(adaptee.getBorder());
setFont(adaptee.getFont());
setText(adaptee.getText());
// This line was very important to get it working with JDK1.4
TableColumnModel columnModel = table.getColumnModel();
setSize(columnModel.getColumn(column).getWidth(), 100000);
int height_wanted = (int) getPreferredSize().getHeight();
addSize(table, row, column, height_wanted);
height_wanted = findTotalMaximumRowSize(table, row);
if (height_wanted != table.getRowHeight(row)) {
table.setRowHeight(row, height_wanted);
return this;
private void addSize(JTable table, int row, int column, int height) {
Map rows = (Map) cellSizes.get(table);
if (rows == null) {
cellSizes.put(table, rows = new HashMap());
Map rowheights = (Map) rows.get(new Integer(row));
if (rowheights == null) {
rows.put(new Integer(row), rowheights = new HashMap());
rowheights.put(new Integer(column), new Integer(height));
* Look through all columns and get the renderer. If it is also a
* TextAreaRenderer, we look at the maximum height in its hash table for
* this row.
private int findTotalMaximumRowSize(JTable table, int row) {
int maximum_height = 0;
Enumeration columns = table.getColumnModel().getColumns();
while (columns.hasMoreElements()) {
TableColumn tc = (TableColumn) columns.nextElement();
TableCellRenderer cellRenderer = tc.getCellRenderer();
if (cellRenderer instanceof TextAreaRenderer) {
TextAreaRenderer tar = (TextAreaRenderer) cellRenderer;
maximum_height = Math.max(maximum_height, tar
.findMaximumRowSize(table, row));
return maximum_height;
private int findMaximumRowSize(JTable table, int row) {
Map rows = (Map) cellSizes.get(table);
if (rows == null)
return 0;
Map rowheights = (Map) rows.get(new Integer(row));
if (rowheights == null)
return 0;
int maximum_height = 0;
for (Iterator it = rowheights.entrySet().iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) it.next();
int cellHeight = ((Integer) entry.getValue()).intValue();
maximum_height = Math.max(maximum_height, cellHeight);
return maximum_height;
import java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager;
import java.awt.event.FocusEvent;
import java.awt.event.InputEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;
import javax.swing.DefaultCellEditor;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
public class TextAreaEditor extends DefaultCellEditor {
public TextAreaEditor() {
super(new JTextField());
final JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea();
textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);
textArea.setLineWrap(true);
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea);
scrollPane.setBorder(null);
Set forwardTraversalKeys = new HashSet();
forwardTraversalKeys.add(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_TAB, 0));
textArea.setFocusTraversalKeys(
KeyboardFocusManager.FORWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS,
forwardTraversalKeys);
Set backwardTraversalKeys = new HashSet();
backwardTraversalKeys.add(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_TAB,
InputEvent.SHIFT_MASK));
textArea.setFocusTraversalKeys(
KeyboardFocusManager.BACKWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS,
backwardTraversalKeys);
scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().setFocusable(false);
scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().setFocusable(false);
editorComponent = scrollPane;
delegate = new DefaultCellEditor.EditorDelegate() {
public void setValue(Object value) {
textArea.setText((value != null) ? value.toString() : "");
public Object getCellEditorValue() {
return textArea.getText();
public void lostFocus() {
stopCellEditing();
--------------------------------------------I am facing the following problems with JTextArea inside Jtable Cell
1. blinking cursor not visible on the cell(0,0) first time the UI is shown, although it has the focus
2. blinking cursor not visible on the 5th column (JTextArea) when it receives the focus nor the characters are visible when i start typing. i have to manually double click to force the focus to shift to the cell.
3. focus does not shit out of the 5th column (JTextArea) after pressing the tab key or enter key once. i have to do that twice to force the focus out.
Following is the code which i have implemented. Please let me know what is being missed out to rectify the above problems.
Thanks.
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.DefaultCellEditor;
import javax.swing.InputMap;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
public class test extends JFrame {
JTable table;
public test() {
table = new JTable(15, 5) {
public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int column) {
return column % 2 == 0;
// return true;
public void changeSelection(final int row, final int column,
boolean toggle, boolean extend) {
super.changeSelection(row, column, toggle, extend);
if (editCellAt(row, column)) {
getEditorComponent().requestFocusInWindow();
table.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(table.getPreferredSize());
table.putClientProperty("terminateEditOnFocusLost", Boolean.TRUE);
TextAreaRenderer textAreaRenderer = new TextAreaRenderer();
TextAreaEditor textEditor = new TextAreaEditor();
table.getColumnModel().getColumn(4).setCellRenderer(textAreaRenderer);
table.getColumnModel().getColumn(4).setCellEditor(textEditor);
JTextField tf = new JTextField();
tf.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());
table.setDefaultEditor(Object.class, new DefaultCellEditor((tf)));
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(table);
DefaultCellEditor dce = (DefaultCellEditor) table
.getDefaultEditor(Object.class);
dce.setClickCountToStart(1);
getContentPane().add(scrollPane);
InputMap im = table
.getInputMap(JTable.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT);
// Have the enter key work the same as the tab key
KeyStroke tab = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_TAB, 0);
KeyStroke enter = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER, 0);
im.put(enter, im.get(tab));
// Disable the right arrow key
KeyStroke right = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT, 0);
im.put(right, "none");
// Override the default tab behaviour
// Tab to the next editable cell. When no editable cells goto next cell.
final Action oldTabAction = table.getActionMap().get(im.get(tab));
Action tabAction = new AbstractAction() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
oldTabAction.actionPerformed(e);
JTable table = (JTable) e.getSource();
int rowCount = table.getRowCount();
int columnCount = table.getColumnCount();
int row = table.getSelectedRow();
int column = table.getSelectedColumn();
while (!table.isCellEditable(row, column)) {
column += 1;
if (column == columnCount) {
column = 0;
row += 1;
if (row == rowCount) {
row = 0;
// Back to where we started, get out.
if (row == table.getSelectedRow()
&& column == table.getSelectedColumn()) {
break;
table.changeSelection(row, column, false, false);
table.getActionMap().put(im.get(tab), tabAction);
table.setSurrendersFocusOnKeystroke(true);
public static void main(String[] args) {
test frame = new test();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
import java.awt.Component;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.table.TableColumn;
import javax.swing.table.TableColumnModel;
public class TextAreaRenderer extends JTextArea implements TableCellRenderer {
private final DefaultTableCellRenderer adaptee = new DefaultTableCellRenderer();
/** map from table to map of rows to map of column heights */
private final Map cellSizes = new HashMap();
public TextAreaRenderer() {
setLineWrap(true);
setWrapStyleWord(true);
public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(//
JTable table, Object obj, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus,
int row, int column) {
// set the colours, etc. using the standard for that platform
adaptee.getTableCellRendererComponent(table, obj, isSelected, hasFocus,
row, column);
setForeground(adaptee.getForeground());
setBackground(adaptee.getBackground());
setBorder(adaptee.getBorder());
setFont(adaptee.getFont());
setText(adaptee.getText());
// This line was very important to get it working with JDK1.4
TableColumnModel columnModel = table.getColumnModel();
setSize(columnModel.getColumn(column).getWidth(), 100000);
int height_wanted = (int) getPreferredSize().getHeight();
addSize(table, row, column, height_wanted);
height_wanted = findTotalMaximumRowSize(table, row);
if (height_wanted != table.getRowHeight(row)) {
table.setRowHeight(row, height_wanted);
return this;
private void addSize(JTable table, int row, int column, int height) {
Map rows = (Map) cellSizes.get(table);
if (rows == null) {
cellSizes.put(table, rows = new HashMap());
Map rowheights = (Map) rows.get(new Integer(row));
if (rowheights == null) {
rows.put(new Integer(row), rowheights = new HashMap());
rowheights.put(new Integer(column), new Integer(height));
* Look through all columns and get the renderer. If it is also a
* TextAreaRenderer, we look at the maximum height in its hash table for
* this row.
private int findTotalMaximumRowSize(JTable table, int row) {
int maximum_height = 0;
Enumeration columns = table.getColumnModel().getColumns();
while (columns.hasMoreElements()) {
TableColumn tc = (TableColumn) columns.nextElement();
TableCellRenderer cellRenderer = tc.getCellRenderer();
if (cellRenderer instanceof TextAreaRenderer) {
TextAreaRenderer tar = (TextAreaRenderer) cellRenderer;
maximum_height = Math.max(maximum_height, tar
.findMaximumRowSize(table, row));
return maximum_height;
private int findMaximumRowSize(JTable table, int row) {
Map rows = (Map) cellSizes.get(table);
if (rows == null)
return 0;
Map rowheights = (Map) rows.get(new Integer(row));
if (rowheights == null)
return 0;
int maximum_height = 0;
for (Iterator it = rowheights.entrySet().iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) it.next();
int cellHeight = ((Integer) entry.getValue()).intValue();
maximum_height = Math.max(maximum_height, cellHeight);
return maximum_height;
import java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager;
import java.awt.event.FocusEvent;
import java.awt.event.InputEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;
import javax.swing.DefaultCellEditor;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
public class TextAreaEditor extends DefaultCellEditor {
public TextAreaEditor() {
super(new JTextField());
final JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea();
textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);
textArea.setLineWrap(true);
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea);
scrollPane.setBorder(null);
Set forwardTraversalKeys = new HashSet();
forwardTraversalKeys.add(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_TAB, 0));
textArea.setFocusTraversalKeys(
KeyboardFocusManager.FORWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS,
forwardTraversalKeys);
Set backwardTraversalKeys = new HashSet();
backwardTraversalKeys.add(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_TAB,
InputEvent.SHIFT_MASK));
textArea.setFocusTraversalKeys(
KeyboardFocusManager.BACKWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS,
backwardTraversalKeys);
scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().setFocusable(false);
scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().setFocusable(false);
editorComponent = scrollPane;
delegate = new DefaultCellEditor.EditorDelegate() {
public void setValue(Object value) {
textArea.setText((value != null) ? value.toString() : "");
public Object getCellEditorValue() {
return textArea.getText();
public void lostFocus() {
stopCellEditing();
-------------------------------------------- -
Reposting - JTextArea inside Jtable - Tab, Focus issues
Sorry for reposting this again...I didn't format the code in my previous post.
I am facing the following problems with JTextArea inside Jtable Cell
1. blinking cursor not visible on the cell(0,0) first time the UI is shown, although it has the focus
2. blinking cursor not visible on the 5th column (JTextArea) when it receives the focus nor the characters are visible when i start typing. i have to manually double click to force the focus to shift to the cell.
3. focus does not shit out of the 5th column (JTextArea) after pressing the tab key or enter key once. i have to do that twice to force the focus out.
Following is the code which i have implemented. Please let me know what is being missed out to rectify the above problems.
Thanks.
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.DefaultCellEditor;
import javax.swing.InputMap;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
public class test extends JFrame {
JTable table;
public test() {
table = new JTable(15, 5) {
public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int column) {
return column % 2 == 0;
// return true;
public void changeSelection(final int row, final int column,
boolean toggle, boolean extend) {
super.changeSelection(row, column, toggle, extend);
if (editCellAt(row, column)) {
getEditorComponent().requestFocusInWindow();
table.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(table.getPreferredSize());
table.putClientProperty("terminateEditOnFocusLost", Boolean.TRUE);
TextAreaRenderer textAreaRenderer = new TextAreaRenderer();
TextAreaEditor textEditor = new TextAreaEditor();
table.getColumnModel().getColumn(4).setCellRenderer(textAreaRenderer);
table.getColumnModel().getColumn(4).setCellEditor(textEditor);
JTextField tf = new JTextField();
tf.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());
table.setDefaultEditor(Object.class, new DefaultCellEditor((tf)));
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(table);
DefaultCellEditor dce = (DefaultCellEditor) table
.getDefaultEditor(Object.class);
dce.setClickCountToStart(1);
getContentPane().add(scrollPane);
InputMap im = table
.getInputMap(JTable.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT);
// Have the enter key work the same as the tab key
KeyStroke tab = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_TAB, 0);
KeyStroke enter = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER, 0);
im.put(enter, im.get(tab));
// Disable the right arrow key
KeyStroke right = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT, 0);
im.put(right, "none");
// Override the default tab behaviour
// Tab to the next editable cell. When no editable cells goto next cell.
final Action oldTabAction = table.getActionMap().get(im.get(tab));
Action tabAction = new AbstractAction() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
oldTabAction.actionPerformed(e);
JTable table = (JTable) e.getSource();
int rowCount = table.getRowCount();
int columnCount = table.getColumnCount();
int row = table.getSelectedRow();
int column = table.getSelectedColumn();
while (!table.isCellEditable(row, column)) {
column += 1;
if (column == columnCount) {
column = 0;
row += 1;
if (row == rowCount) {
row = 0;
// Back to where we started, get out.
if (row == table.getSelectedRow()
&& column == table.getSelectedColumn()) {
break;
table.changeSelection(row, column, false, false);
table.getActionMap().put(im.get(tab), tabAction);
table.setSurrendersFocusOnKeystroke(true);
public static void main(String[] args) {
test frame = new test();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
import java.awt.Component;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.table.TableColumn;
import javax.swing.table.TableColumnModel;
public class TextAreaRenderer extends JTextArea implements TableCellRenderer {
private final DefaultTableCellRenderer adaptee = new DefaultTableCellRenderer();
/** map from table to map of rows to map of column heights */
private final Map cellSizes = new HashMap();
public TextAreaRenderer() {
setLineWrap(true);
setWrapStyleWord(true);
public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(//
JTable table, Object obj, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus,
int row, int column) {
// set the colours, etc. using the standard for that platform
adaptee.getTableCellRendererComponent(table, obj, isSelected, hasFocus,
row, column);
setForeground(adaptee.getForeground());
setBackground(adaptee.getBackground());
setBorder(adaptee.getBorder());
setFont(adaptee.getFont());
setText(adaptee.getText());
// This line was very important to get it working with JDK1.4
TableColumnModel columnModel = table.getColumnModel();
setSize(columnModel.getColumn(column).getWidth(), 100000);
int height_wanted = (int) getPreferredSize().getHeight();
addSize(table, row, column, height_wanted);
height_wanted = findTotalMaximumRowSize(table, row);
if (height_wanted != table.getRowHeight(row)) {
table.setRowHeight(row, height_wanted);
return this;
private void addSize(JTable table, int row, int column, int height) {
Map rows = (Map) cellSizes.get(table);
if (rows == null) {
cellSizes.put(table, rows = new HashMap());
Map rowheights = (Map) rows.get(new Integer(row));
if (rowheights == null) {
rows.put(new Integer(row), rowheights = new HashMap());
rowheights.put(new Integer(column), new Integer(height));
* Look through all columns and get the renderer. If it is also a
* TextAreaRenderer, we look at the maximum height in its hash table for
* this row.
private int findTotalMaximumRowSize(JTable table, int row) {
int maximum_height = 0;
Enumeration columns = table.getColumnModel().getColumns();
while (columns.hasMoreElements()) {
TableColumn tc = (TableColumn) columns.nextElement();
TableCellRenderer cellRenderer = tc.getCellRenderer();
if (cellRenderer instanceof TextAreaRenderer) {
TextAreaRenderer tar = (TextAreaRenderer) cellRenderer;
maximum_height = Math.max(maximum_height, tar
.findMaximumRowSize(table, row));
return maximum_height;
private int findMaximumRowSize(JTable table, int row) {
Map rows = (Map) cellSizes.get(table);
if (rows == null)
return 0;
Map rowheights = (Map) rows.get(new Integer(row));
if (rowheights == null)
return 0;
int maximum_height = 0;
for (Iterator it = rowheights.entrySet().iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) it.next();
int cellHeight = ((Integer) entry.getValue()).intValue();
maximum_height = Math.max(maximum_height, cellHeight);
return maximum_height;
import java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager;
import java.awt.event.FocusEvent;
import java.awt.event.InputEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;
import javax.swing.DefaultCellEditor;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
public class TextAreaEditor extends DefaultCellEditor {
public TextAreaEditor() {
super(new JTextField());
final JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea();
textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);
textArea.setLineWrap(true);
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea);
scrollPane.setBorder(null);
Set forwardTraversalKeys = new HashSet();
forwardTraversalKeys.add(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_TAB, 0));
textArea.setFocusTraversalKeys(
KeyboardFocusManager.FORWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS,
forwardTraversalKeys);
Set backwardTraversalKeys = new HashSet();
backwardTraversalKeys.add(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_TAB,
InputEvent.SHIFT_MASK));
textArea.setFocusTraversalKeys(
KeyboardFocusManager.BACKWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS,
backwardTraversalKeys);
scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().setFocusable(false);
scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().setFocusable(false);
editorComponent = scrollPane;
delegate = new DefaultCellEditor.EditorDelegate() {
public void setValue(Object value) {
textArea.setText((value != null) ? value.toString() : "");
public Object getCellEditorValue() {
return textArea.getText();
public void lostFocus() {
stopCellEditing();
}Sorry for reposting this again...I didn't format the code in my previous post.
I am facing the following problems with JTextArea inside Jtable Cell
1. blinking cursor not visible on the cell(0,0) first time the UI is shown, although it has the focus
2. blinking cursor not visible on the 5th column (JTextArea) when it receives the focus nor the characters are visible when i start typing. i have to manually double click to force the focus to shift to the cell.
3. focus does not shit out of the 5th column (JTextArea) after pressing the tab key or enter key once. i have to do that twice to force the focus out.
Following is the code which i have implemented. Please let me know what is being missed out to rectify the above problems.
Thanks.
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.DefaultCellEditor;
import javax.swing.InputMap;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
public class test extends JFrame {
JTable table;
public test() {
table = new JTable(15, 5) {
public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int column) {
return column % 2 == 0;
// return true;
public void changeSelection(final int row, final int column,
boolean toggle, boolean extend) {
super.changeSelection(row, column, toggle, extend);
if (editCellAt(row, column)) {
getEditorComponent().requestFocusInWindow();
table.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(table.getPreferredSize());
table.putClientProperty("terminateEditOnFocusLost", Boolean.TRUE);
TextAreaRenderer textAreaRenderer = new TextAreaRenderer();
TextAreaEditor textEditor = new TextAreaEditor();
table.getColumnModel().getColumn(4).setCellRenderer(textAreaRenderer);
table.getColumnModel().getColumn(4).setCellEditor(textEditor);
JTextField tf = new JTextField();
tf.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());
table.setDefaultEditor(Object.class, new DefaultCellEditor((tf)));
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(table);
DefaultCellEditor dce = (DefaultCellEditor) table
.getDefaultEditor(Object.class);
dce.setClickCountToStart(1);
getContentPane().add(scrollPane);
InputMap im = table
.getInputMap(JTable.WHEN_ANCESTOR_OF_FOCUSED_COMPONENT);
// Have the enter key work the same as the tab key
KeyStroke tab = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_TAB, 0);
KeyStroke enter = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_ENTER, 0);
im.put(enter, im.get(tab));
// Disable the right arrow key
KeyStroke right = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT, 0);
im.put(right, "none");
// Override the default tab behaviour
// Tab to the next editable cell. When no editable cells goto next cell.
final Action oldTabAction = table.getActionMap().get(im.get(tab));
Action tabAction = new AbstractAction() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
oldTabAction.actionPerformed(e);
JTable table = (JTable) e.getSource();
int rowCount = table.getRowCount();
int columnCount = table.getColumnCount();
int row = table.getSelectedRow();
int column = table.getSelectedColumn();
while (!table.isCellEditable(row, column)) {
column += 1;
if (column == columnCount) {
column = 0;
row += 1;
if (row == rowCount) {
row = 0;
// Back to where we started, get out.
if (row == table.getSelectedRow()
&& column == table.getSelectedColumn()) {
break;
table.changeSelection(row, column, false, false);
table.getActionMap().put(im.get(tab), tabAction);
table.setSurrendersFocusOnKeystroke(true);
public static void main(String[] args) {
test frame = new test();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
import java.awt.Component;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.table.TableColumn;
import javax.swing.table.TableColumnModel;
public class TextAreaRenderer extends JTextArea implements TableCellRenderer {
private final DefaultTableCellRenderer adaptee = new DefaultTableCellRenderer();
/** map from table to map of rows to map of column heights */
private final Map cellSizes = new HashMap();
public TextAreaRenderer() {
setLineWrap(true);
setWrapStyleWord(true);
public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(//
JTable table, Object obj, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus,
int row, int column) {
// set the colours, etc. using the standard for that platform
adaptee.getTableCellRendererComponent(table, obj, isSelected, hasFocus,
row, column);
setForeground(adaptee.getForeground());
setBackground(adaptee.getBackground());
setBorder(adaptee.getBorder());
setFont(adaptee.getFont());
setText(adaptee.getText());
// This line was very important to get it working with JDK1.4
TableColumnModel columnModel = table.getColumnModel();
setSize(columnModel.getColumn(column).getWidth(), 100000);
int height_wanted = (int) getPreferredSize().getHeight();
addSize(table, row, column, height_wanted);
height_wanted = findTotalMaximumRowSize(table, row);
if (height_wanted != table.getRowHeight(row)) {
table.setRowHeight(row, height_wanted);
return this;
private void addSize(JTable table, int row, int column, int height) {
Map rows = (Map) cellSizes.get(table);
if (rows == null) {
cellSizes.put(table, rows = new HashMap());
Map rowheights = (Map) rows.get(new Integer(row));
if (rowheights == null) {
rows.put(new Integer(row), rowheights = new HashMap());
rowheights.put(new Integer(column), new Integer(height));
* Look through all columns and get the renderer. If it is also a
* TextAreaRenderer, we look at the maximum height in its hash table for
* this row.
private int findTotalMaximumRowSize(JTable table, int row) {
int maximum_height = 0;
Enumeration columns = table.getColumnModel().getColumns();
while (columns.hasMoreElements()) {
TableColumn tc = (TableColumn) columns.nextElement();
TableCellRenderer cellRenderer = tc.getCellRenderer();
if (cellRenderer instanceof TextAreaRenderer) {
TextAreaRenderer tar = (TextAreaRenderer) cellRenderer;
maximum_height = Math.max(maximum_height, tar
.findMaximumRowSize(table, row));
return maximum_height;
private int findMaximumRowSize(JTable table, int row) {
Map rows = (Map) cellSizes.get(table);
if (rows == null)
return 0;
Map rowheights = (Map) rows.get(new Integer(row));
if (rowheights == null)
return 0;
int maximum_height = 0;
for (Iterator it = rowheights.entrySet().iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) it.next();
int cellHeight = ((Integer) entry.getValue()).intValue();
maximum_height = Math.max(maximum_height, cellHeight);
return maximum_height;
import java.awt.KeyboardFocusManager;
import java.awt.event.FocusEvent;
import java.awt.event.InputEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;
import javax.swing.DefaultCellEditor;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
public class TextAreaEditor extends DefaultCellEditor {
public TextAreaEditor() {
super(new JTextField());
final JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea();
textArea.setWrapStyleWord(true);
textArea.setLineWrap(true);
JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea);
scrollPane.setBorder(null);
Set forwardTraversalKeys = new HashSet();
forwardTraversalKeys.add(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_TAB, 0));
textArea.setFocusTraversalKeys(
KeyboardFocusManager.FORWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS,
forwardTraversalKeys);
Set backwardTraversalKeys = new HashSet();
backwardTraversalKeys.add(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_TAB,
InputEvent.SHIFT_MASK));
textArea.setFocusTraversalKeys(
KeyboardFocusManager.BACKWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS,
backwardTraversalKeys);
scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().setFocusable(false);
scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().setFocusable(false);
editorComponent = scrollPane;
delegate = new DefaultCellEditor.EditorDelegate() {
public void setValue(Object value) {
textArea.setText((value != null) ? value.toString() : "");
public Object getCellEditorValue() {
return textArea.getText();
public void lostFocus() {
stopCellEditing();
} -
Tab inside JTable (works for any key but tab)
Hi there
I have looked on the internet and forums for the answer to how to do this, but I have had no solution.
I have a JTable and the second column is full of editable cells. The requirement is that when a cell is being edited and tab is pressed, that the editor moves to the next editable cell. (In this case the one below it.)
I can get the code to work for pressing an arbitrary key (like F11) but for tab I cannot get it to work.
Any help would be most appreciated.
Many kind regards,
RachelHi Rachel,
I did this some time ago for a small project. Please note that the code that I'm pasting is a little too specific for your goal, but you'll be able to modify it so that it works.
public class TableKeyboardAction extends AbstractAction {
* Constructs a TableKeyboardAction.
public TableKeyboardAction() {
super();
} //end constructor
* Deals with all keyboard focus movement caused by the TAB, SHIFT+TAB & ENTER keys.
* @param ae The ActionEvent indicating that either TAB, SHIFT+TAB or ENTER has been
* pressed.
* @see java.awt.event.ActionListener#actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent)
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) {
JTable table = (JTable)ae.getSource();
String ac = ae.getActionCommand();
boolean tab = ac.equals("\t");
boolean enter = ac.equals("\n");
if (tab && (ae.getModifiers() & KeyEvent.SHIFT_MASK) == KeyEvent.SHIFT_MASK) tab = false;
int row = table.getSelectedRow();
int col = table.getSelectedColumn();
//if tab or enter has been pressed
if (tab || enter) {
TableCellEditor tce = table.getCellEditor();
//if the first column
if (col == 1) {
//if the cell is currently being edited
if (tce != null) {
//if the cell can stop being edited
if (tce.stopCellEditing()) {
if (table.isCellEditable(row, col+1)) table.changeSelection(row, col+1, false, false);
else {
((DoubleTableModel)table.getModel()).fireTableDataChanged();
table.changeSelection(row, col, false, false);
else {
//if tab has been pressed
if (tab) {
Double val = (Double)table.getValueAt(row, col);
if (val == null) table.transferFocus();
else if (table.isCellEditable(row, col+1)) table.changeSelection(row, col+1, false, false);
else {
//if the cell is currently being edited.
if (tce != null) {
//if the cell can stop being edited
if (tce.stopCellEditing()) {
if (row == table.getModel().getRowCount()) table.transferFocus();
else if (table.isCellEditable(row+1, 1)) table.changeSelection(row+1, 1, false, false);
else {
((DoubleTableModel)table.getModel()).fireTableDataChanged();
table.changeSelection(row, col, false, false);
else {
//if tab has been pressed
if (tab) {
if (row == table.getModel().getRowCount()) table.transferFocus();
else if (table.isCellEditable(row+1, 1)) table.changeSelection(row+1, 1, false, false);
else {
//if it is a tab+shift combination
TableCellEditor tce = table.getCellEditor();
//if first column
if (col == 1) {
//if the cell is being edited
if (tce != null) {
//if the cell can stop being edited
if (tce.stopCellEditing()) {
//if it's not the first row in the table
if (row != 0) {
if (table.isCellEditable(row-1, col+1)) table.changeSelection(row-1, col+1, false, false);
else {
((DoubleTableModel)table.getModel()).fireTableDataChanged();
table.changeSelection(row, col, false, false);
else {
//if it's not the first row in the table
if (row != 0) {
if (table.isCellEditable(row-1, col+1)) table.changeSelection(row-1, col+1, false, false);
else table.transferFocusBackward();
else {
//if the cell is being edited
if (tce != null) {
//if the cell can stop being edited
if (tce.stopCellEditing()) {
if (table.isCellEditable(row, col-1)) table.changeSelection(row, col-1, false, false);
else {
((DoubleTableModel)table.getModel()).fireTableDataChanged();
table.changeSelection(row, col, false, false);
else {
if (table.isCellEditable(row, col-1)) table.changeSelection(row, col-1, false, false);
} //end actionPerformed
} //end class
Now use it like so:
JTable table = new JTable();
table.getInputMap(JTable.WHEN_FOCUSED).put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_TAB, 0), "next");
table.getInputMap(JTable.WHEN_FOCUSED).put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_TAB, KeyEvent.SHIFT_MASK),"next");
table.getActionMap().put("next", new TableKeyboardAction());Hope it works for you!
-Muel -
Swing: when trying to get the values from a JTable inside an event handler
Hi,
I am trying to write a graphical interface to compute the Gauss Elimination procedure for solving linear systems. The class for computing the output of a linear system already works fine on console mode, but I am fighting a little bit to make it work with Swing.
I put two buttons (plus labels) and a JTextField . The buttons have the following role:
One of them gets the value from the JTextField and it will be used to the system dimension. The other should compute the solution. I also added a JTable so that the user can type the values in the screen.
So whenever the user hits the button Dimensiona the program should retrieve the values from the table cells and pass them to a 2D Array. However, the program throws a NullPointerException when I try to
do it. I have put the code for copying this Matrix inside a method and I call it from the inner class event handler.
I would thank you very much for the help.
Daniel V. Gomes
here goes the code:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import AdvanceMath.*;
public class MathF2 extends JFrame {
private JTextField ArrayOfFields[];
private JTextField DimOfSis;
private JButton Calcular;
private JButton Ativar;
private JLabel label1;
private JLabel label2;
private Container container;
private int value;
private JTable DataTable;
private double[][] A;
private double[] B;
private boolean dimensionado = false;
private boolean podecalc = false;
public MathF2 (){
super("Math Calcs");
Container container = getContentPane();
container.setLayout( new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.CENTER) );
Calcular = new JButton("Resolver");
Calcular.setEnabled(false);
Ativar = new JButton("Dimensionar");
label1 = new JLabel("Clique no bot�o para resolver o sistema.");
label2 = new JLabel("Qual a ordem do sistema?");
DimOfSis = new JTextField(4);
DimOfSis.setText("0");
JTable DataTable = new JTable(10,10);
container.add(label2);
container.add(DimOfSis);
container.add(Ativar);
container.add(label1);
container.add(Calcular);
container.add(DataTable);
for ( int i = 0; i < 10 ; i ++ ){
for ( int j = 0 ; j < 10 ; j++) {
DataTable.setValueAt("0",i,j);
myHandler handler = new myHandler();
Calcular.addActionListener(handler);
Ativar.addActionListener(handler);
setSize( 500 , 500 );
setVisible( true );
public static void main ( String args[] ){
MathF2 application = new MathF2();
application.addWindowListener(
new WindowAdapter(){
public void windowClosing (WindowEvent event)
System.exit( 0 );
private class myHandler implements ActionListener {
public void actionPerformed ( ActionEvent event ){
if ( event.getSource()== Calcular ) {
if ( event.getSource()== Ativar ) {
//dimensiona a Matriz A
if (dimensionado == false) {
if (DimOfSis.getText()=="0") {
value = 2;
} else {
value = Integer.parseInt(DimOfSis.getText());
dimensionado = true;
Ativar.setEnabled(false);
System.out.println(value);
} else {
Ativar.setEnabled(false);
Calcular.setEnabled(true);
podecalc = true;
try {
InitValores( DataTable, value );
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Erro ao criar matriz" + e );
private class myHandler2 implements ItemListener {
public void itemStateChanged( ItemEvent event ){
private void InitValores( JTable table, int n ) {
A = new double[n][n];
B = new double[n];
javax.swing.table.TableModel model = table.getModel();
for ( int i = 0 ; i < n ; i++ ){
for (int j = 0 ; j < n ; j++ ){
Object temp1 = model.getValueAt(i,j);
String temp2 = String.valueOf(temp1);
A[i][j] = Double.parseDouble(temp2);What I did is set up a :
// This code will setup a listener for the table to handle a selection
players.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
ListSelectionModel rowSM = players.getSelectionModel();
rowSM.addListSelectionListener(new Delete_Player_row_Selection(this));
//Class will take the event and call a method inside the Delete_Player object.
class Delete_Player_row_Selection
implements javax.swing.event.ListSelectionListener
Delete_Player adaptee;
Delete_Player_row_Selection (Delete_Player temp)
adaptee = temp;
public void valueChanged (ListSelectionEvent listSelectionEvent)
adaptee.row_Selection(listSelectionEvent);
in the row_Selection function
if(ex.getValueIsAdjusting()) //To remove double selection
return;
ListSelectionModel lsm = (ListSelectionModel) ex.getSource();
if(lsm.isSelectionEmpty())
System.out.println("EMtpy");
else
int selected_row = lsm.getMinSelectionIndex();
ResultSetTableModel model = (ResultSetTableModel) players.getModel();
String name = (String) model.getValueAt(selected_row, 1);
Integer id = (Integer) model.getValueAt(selected_row, 3);
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Hi.
I know this subject has already some discussions on the forum, but I can't seem to find anything that solves my problem.
In my application, every JTable cell is a JPanel, that using a GridLayout, places vertically several JPanel's witch using an Overlay layout contains a JLabel and a JButton.
As you can see, its a fairly complex cell...
Unfortunately, because I use several JButtons in several locations inside a JTable cell, sometimes I can't get the mouse clicks to make through.
This is my Table custom renderer:
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Border unselectedBorder = null;
Border selectedBorder = null;
public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected,
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if (((BlocoGrid) value).barras.size() > 0) {
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return null;
public Object getCellEditorValue() {
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}As you can see, both the renderer and editor return the same component that cames from the JTable model (all table values (components) only get instantiated once, so the same component is passed on to the renderer and editor).
Is this the most correct way to get clicks to the cell component?
Please check the screenshot below to see how the JButtons get placed inside the cell:
http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=calendarxo9.jpg
If you need more info, please say so.
Thanks.My mistake... It worked fine. The cell span code was malfunctioning. Thanks anyway.
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I am really stick trying to figure out how to set two cells inside a JTable cell. This needs to be done because if there is a value already inside the cell then i want to drop another value - this new value should be displayed inside another cell but along with the other value already in the cell.
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