Setting the backgroundcolor of cell of JTable

Hi
My Problem is.
I have a JTable with 2 columns ( Rows can be 1-10 depending upon the size of
input vector)
I have provided two button in my Frame
1)Update Row
2) Update whole Table.
Now i want I want that if a user makes a change in any cell say cell( row
3,Col 1) ;and moves to next row , then the color (background/foreground) of
that cell should change to any other color .Again if he presses any of the
button then the default color of the cell should be restored.Basically i
want to indicate the user that he has made changes in the cell and he needs
to press the button for updation
Regards
Aminur

You need to write your own TableCellRenderer if you want to control how individual table cells appear. Look in the How to Use Table tutorial if you haven't already done that; you'll find a link to it in the API documentation for the JTable class. And in that renderer, if you use a JLabel to render the cell, remember that a JLabel defaults to being transparent, i.e. you can't see its background. Use "setOpaque(true)" if you want to control the background colour.

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