JTable won't resize

Question

hi !
I'm having problems with a JTable
I can't find out how to resize its width
I just create it the classic way and insert it in a JPanel
DataModel dataModel = new MyCustomTableModel();
JTable table = new JTable(dataModel);
JScrollPane tablePane = new JScrollPane(table);
myPanel.add(JScrollPane, BorderLayout.SOUTH);all sizes are auto-manages (no such thing as setPreferredSize(...)), but no matter how many columns there are in the JTable, it is always the same size, and I can't seem to control this size in any way. I tried messing around with setSize(...) and setPreferredSize(...) of the table and JScrollPane instances, tried resizing the table columns, but only faced the frustration of seeing nothing happening all the time
is there a way I can effectively resize the table width ?

Answer 1

okay - nevermind
I don't know if it's the best way to do it, but I solved it by overriding update
public void update(Graphics g){
          super.update(g);
          if(!updated){
               tablePane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(
                    tablePanel.getSize().width - 50,
                    tablePanel.getSize().height - 50));
               updated = true;
               tablePanel.revalidate();
               tablePanel.repaint();
               this.repaint();
          else
               updated = false;
     }