Rendering cell of JTable

Question

Hi,
I want to know if the cells of JTable can be rendered so that it allows wordwrapping.
Please help.
Cheers,
NNR

Answer 1

public class VariableCellSize extends JTextArea implements TableCellRenderer {
  private static Border focusBorder = BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.red);
  private static Border noBorder = BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder();
  public VariableCellSize() {
    setEditable(false);
    setLineWrap(true);
    setWrapStyleWord(true);
  public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column) {
    if (isSelected) {
      setBackground(table.getSelectionBackground());
      setForeground(table.getSelectionForeground());
    } else {
      setBackground(table.getBackground());
      setForeground(table.getForeground());
    if (hasFocus) {
      setBorder(focusBorder);
    } else {
      setBorder(noBorder);
    setText(value.toString());
    if (getPreferredSize().height > table.getRowHeight(row)) {
      table.setRowHeight(row, getPreferredSize().height);
    return this;
  /* THE FOLLOWING COPIED FROM javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer.....
   * The following methods are overridden as a performance measure to
   * to prune code-paths are often called in the case of renders
   * but which we know are unnecessary. Great care should be taken
   * when writing your own renderer to weigh the benefits and
   * drawbacks of overriding methods like these.
  public void validate() {}
  public void revalidate() {}
  public void repaint(long tm, int x, int y, int width, int height) {}
  public void repaint(Rectangle r) {}
}thomas