Skipping focus on columns in a JTable

hi,
i was wondering if any one here as idea how to elegantly work around this problem:
i have a few zero width columns that i do not wish to be focused when tabbing between cells.
or let's say i want the tab and shift tab to skip all non editable columns.
i tried to use getColumnModel().getSelectionModel().addListSelectionListener();
however, i do not know if tab or shift tab were pressed.
has any got any idea how to support this functionality ?
thanks!

Don't set the column widths to zero. The better approach is to remove the TableColumn from the TableColumnModel, then you don't have this problem.

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