Turn a single jtable cell into 2 swing component

Hi, i'm trying to turn a jtable cell into two components, a jlabel and a jtextarea with the label on top of the textarea. Is that possible?
I can write my own renderer and editor and turn a cell into a combobox or textarea. But is it possible to put two renderers in a single cell?
thanks

A JPanel IS-A Component so you could follow the procedure outlined in Sun's Tutorial and create a JPanel subclass that implements TableCellRenderer. For an editor the tutorial recommends subclassing AbstractCellEditor and implementing getTableCellEditorComponent() to return the panel containing your stuff.
I haven't done this, but it seems worth a try. If you get stuck the best (most knowledgable, quickest) help is to be had from the [Swing forum|http://forum.java.sun.com/forum.jspa?forumID=57].
Edited by: pbrockway2 on Jul 10, 2008 12:04 PM

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http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/table.html
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<identifier> expected
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               else
                    callingButton.setBackground(Color.red);
          //The 4 methods below are unused leftovers specified by the MouseListener Interface
          public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent arg0) {
          public void mouseExited(MouseEvent arg0) {
          public void mousePressed(MouseEvent arg0) {
          public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent arg0) {
     private boolean isGreen(JButton pButton) { //Returns true if a button's background is green, false otherwise
          if(pButton.getBackground() == Color.green)
               return true;
          return false;
     public int getColumnCount() { //Returns the number of Columns in a table
          return columns.length;
     public int getRowCount() { //Returns the number of rows in the table
          return rows.length;
     public String getColumnName(int pCollumnIndex) { //Returns the name of the collumn
          return columns[pCollumnIndex];
     public Object getValueAt(int pRow, int pColumn) { //Returns the value at given table coordinates
          return rows[pRow][pColumn];
     public boolean isCellEditable(int pRow, int pColumn) { //Returns true if a cell at given coordinates is editable, false otherwise
              return false;
     public Class getColumnClass(int pColumnIndex) { //Retrieves the class of the objects in a column
          return getValueAt(0, pColumnIndex).getClass();
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
public class JButtonJTableTest extends JFrame {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1;
     private JTable table;
     private TableCellRenderer tableCellRenderer;
     private MouseEvent e2;
     private Class columnClass;
     private JButton button;
     private Point mousePos;
     private int mouseRow, mouseColumn;
     public JButtonJTableTest() {
          super("JButton Table Test");
          table = new JTable(); //Setup the table, assigning the new renderer and model
          tableCellRenderer = table.getDefaultRenderer(JButton.class);
          table.setDefaultRenderer(JButton.class, new JButtonRenderer(tableCellRenderer));
          table.setModel(new ButtonTableModel());
          table.setGridColor(Color.blue);
          table.addMouseListener(new MouseForwarder());
          table.setShowGrid(true);
          add(table); //Add the table to the content pane
     private class MouseForwarder implements MouseListener {
          public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
               mousePos = new Point(e.getX(), e.getY()); //Assing mouse coordinates to a point data structure
               mouseRow = table.rowAtPoint(mousePos); //Ascertain the mouse's row & column
               mouseColumn = table.columnAtPoint(mousePos);
               if(mouseRow == -1 || mouseColumn == -1) //Ensure that the column is within the table
                    return;
               columnClass = table.getColumnClass(mouseColumn); //Ascertain the column's class
               if(columnClass != JButton.class) //If the class is not JButton, exit MouseForwarder
                    return;
               button = (JButton)table.getValueAt(mouseRow, mouseColumn); //Access the button where the mouse clicked
               e2 = (MouseEvent)SwingUtilities.convertMouseEvent(table, e, button); //Forward click to button
               button.dispatchEvent(e2); //Have button take action
               table.repaint(); //Repaint the table to ensure proper button animation
          //The 4 methods below are unused methods from the MouseListener Interface
          public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent arg0) {
          public void mouseExited(MouseEvent arg0) {
          public void mousePressed(MouseEvent arg0) {
          public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent arg0) {
     public static void main(String[] args) { //Setup and run the window
          JButtonJTableTest test = new JButtonJTableTest();
          test.setSize(300, 300);
          test.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
          test.setVisible(true);
import java.awt.Component;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
public class JButtonRenderer implements TableCellRenderer {
     private TableCellRenderer defaultRenderer;
     private Component jTableButton;
     public JButtonRenderer(TableCellRenderer pRenderer) {
          defaultRenderer = pRenderer;
     public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable pTable, Object pButton, boolean isSelected,
                                                                 boolean hasFocus, int pRow, int pCollumn) {
          try {
               jTableButton = (Component)pButton;
               return (Component)pButton;
          catch(ClassCastException exception) {
               return defaultRenderer.getTableCellRendererComponent(pTable, pButton, isSelected,
                    hasFocus, pRow, pCollumn);
}

This question was crossposted into the Swing forum and should be answered there as that is the correct location for it http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=753812

Problem in event handling of combo box in JTable cell

Hi,
I have a combo box as an editor for a column cells in JTable. I have a event listener for this combo box. When ever I click on the JTable cell whose editor is combo box,
I get the following exception,
Exception occurred during event dispatching:
java.lang.NullPointerException
     at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI$MouseInputHandler.setDispatchComponent(Unknown Source)
     at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTableUI$MouseInputHandler.mousePressed(Unknown Source)
     at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mousePressed(Unknown Source)
     at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
     at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Unknown Source)
     at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Unknown Source)
     at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
     at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
     at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
     at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
     at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Unknown Source)
     at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
     at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
     at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
     at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)
Can any one tell me how to over come this problem.
Thanks,
Raghu

Here's an example of the model I used in my JTable. I've placed 2 comboBoxes with no problems.
Hope this helps.
public class FileModel5 extends AbstractTableModel
public boolean isEditable = false;
protected static int NUM_COLUMNS = 3;
// initialize number of rows to start out with ...
protected static int START_NUM_ROWS = 0;
protected int nextEmptyRow = 0;
protected int numRows = 0;
static final public String file = "File";
static final public String mailName = "Mail Id";
static final public String postName = "Post Office Id";
static final public String columnNames[] = {"File", "Mail Id", "Post Office Id"};
// List of data
protected Vector data = null;
public FileModel5()
data = new Vector();
public boolean isCellEditable(int rowIndex, int columnIndex)
// The 2nd & 3rd column or Value field is editable
if(isEditable)
if(columnIndex > 0)
return true;
return false;
* JTable uses this method to determine the default renderer/
* editor for each cell. If we didn't implement this method,
* then the last column would contain text ("true"/"false"),
* rather than a check box.
public Class getColumnClass(int c)
return getValueAt(0, c).getClass();
* Retrieves number of columns
public synchronized int getColumnCount()
return NUM_COLUMNS;
* Get a column name
public String getColumnName(int col)
return columnNames[col];
* Retrieves number of records
public synchronized int getRowCount()
if (numRows < START_NUM_ROWS)
return START_NUM_ROWS;
else
return numRows;
* Returns cell information of a record at location row,column
public synchronized Object getValueAt(int row, int column)
try
FileRecord5 p = (FileRecord5)data.elementAt(row);
switch (column)
case 0:
return (String)p.file;
case 1:
return (String)p.mailName;
case 2:
return (String)p.postName;
catch (Exception e)
return "";
public void setValueAt(Object aValue, int row, int column)
FileRecord5 arow = (FileRecord5)data.elementAt(row);
arow.setElementAt((String)aValue, column);
fireTableCellUpdated(row, column);
* Returns information of an entire record at location row
public synchronized FileRecord5 getRecordAt(int row) throws Exception
try
return (FileRecord5)data.elementAt(row);
catch (Exception e)
throw new Exception("Record not found");
* Used to add or update a record
* @param tableRecord
public synchronized void updateRecord(FileRecord5 tableRecord)
String file = tableRecord.file;
FileRecord5 p = null;
int index = -1;
boolean found = false;
boolean addedRow = false;
int i = 0;
while (!found && (i < nextEmptyRow))
p = (FileRecord5)data.elementAt(i);
if (p.file.equals(file))
found = true;
index = i;
} else
i++;
if (found)
{ //update
data.setElementAt(tableRecord, index);
else
if (numRows <= nextEmptyRow)
//add a row
numRows++;
addedRow = true;
index = nextEmptyRow;
data.addElement(tableRecord);
//Notify listeners that the data changed.
if (addedRow)
nextEmptyRow++;
fireTableRowsInserted(index, index);
else
fireTableRowsUpdated(index, index);
* Used to delete a record
public synchronized void deleteRecord(String file)
FileRecord5 p = null;
int index = -1;
boolean found = false;
int i = 0;
while (!found && (i < nextEmptyRow))
p = (FileRecord5)data.elementAt(i);
if (p.file.equals(file))
found = true;
index = i;
} else
i++;
if (found)
data.removeElementAt(i);
nextEmptyRow--;
numRows--;
fireTableRowsDeleted(START_NUM_ROWS, numRows);
* Clears all records
public synchronized void clear()
int oldNumRows = numRows;
numRows = START_NUM_ROWS;
data.removeAllElements();
nextEmptyRow = 0;
if (oldNumRows > START_NUM_ROWS)
fireTableRowsDeleted(START_NUM_ROWS, oldNumRows - 1);
fireTableRowsUpdated(0, START_NUM_ROWS - 1);
* Loads the values into the combo box within the table for mail id
public void setUpMailColumn(JTable mapTable, ArrayList mailList)
TableColumn col = mapTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(1);
javax.swing.JComboBox comboMail = new javax.swing.JComboBox();
int s = mailList.size();
for(int i=0; i<s; i++)
comboMail.addItem(mailList.get(i));
col.setCellEditor(new DefaultCellEditor(comboMail));
//Set up tool tips.
DefaultTableCellRenderer renderer = new DefaultTableCellRenderer();
renderer.setToolTipText("Click for mail Id list");
col.setCellRenderer(renderer);
//Set up tool tip for the mailName column header.
TableCellRenderer headerRenderer = col.getHeaderRenderer();
if (headerRenderer instanceof DefaultTableCellRenderer)
((DefaultTableCellRenderer)headerRenderer).setToolTipText(
"Click the Mail Id to see a list of choices");
* Loads the values into the combo box within the table for post office id
public void setUpPostColumn(JTable mapTable, ArrayList postList)
TableColumn col = mapTable.getColumnModel().getColumn(2);
javax.swing.JComboBox combo = new javax.swing.JComboBox();
int s = postList.size();
for(int i=0; i<s; i++)
combo.addItem(postList.get(i));
col.setCellEditor(new DefaultCellEditor(combo));
//Set up tool tips.
DefaultTableCellRenderer renderer = new DefaultTableCellRenderer();
renderer.setToolTipText("Click for post office Id list");
col.setCellRenderer(renderer);
//Set up tool tip for the mailName column header.
TableCellRenderer headerRenderer = col.getHeaderRenderer();
if (headerRenderer instanceof DefaultTableCellRenderer)
((DefaultTableCellRenderer)headerRenderer).setToolTipText(
"Click the Post Office Id to see a list of choices");
}

Start or stop edit jtable cell editing

Hello,
I got a problem with the jtable DefaultModel isCellEditable.
If I set the IsCellEditable to false, I would not be able to enable the cell selection as and when I want it.
What I have in mind is the add a mouselister so that if the user select a row using fast left mouse click like the procedure shown below
private class MouseClickHandler extends MouseAdapter {
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent event) {
int no_mouseclick = 0;
no_mouseclick = event.getClickCount();
if (no_mouseclick >= 2) {
int cur_row = 0;
cur_row = table.getSelectedRow();
// table.setColumnSelectionAllowed(true);
// table.setRowSelectionAllowed(true);
for (int i=0;i<table.getColumnCount();i++){
table.editCellAt(cur_row,i);
System.out.println("mouse row--->" + cur_row);
I could overwrite the IsCellEditable to true to enable that particular or cell contains in that row to be able to accept input and overwrite any data which in my case obtained from the Sql database a sort of like input module using tabulation . I am also thinking of using text component or combobox to display the value for user selection , but I do not know how to enable a particular cell for editing if the Jtable created is using a non-editable DefaultModel. If I set the IsCellEditable to true, every single cell would be enable for editing , and this defeat the purpose of enable user input only upon double mouseclicks.
By the way , I am interested to know how to track the data changes in the cell within the jtable so that only those have been modified are notify from the Table model and updated into the Sql table
Could anyone of you out there provide some hints please
Thanks

Hello,
Tablemodellistener could detect the changes in the data, how about the backend database updating and transactional activity that must be associated with the data changes?
What is on my mind is that , the moment there is changes in the data detected by the TableModellistener, whatever records associated with or brougt up by Jtable would be all deleted from the database and then follow by the new set of new records to be inserted into the database. The disadvantage of this method is that everytime the backend database connection and activity need to be executed the moment there is a change in the data in the jtable cell. For example the user may be just amendment to only one cell , but all the records associated need to be deleted and then inserted again.
Perhaps there are better solution to deal with Jtable and JDBC backend connection where in this case, I am using JDO to undertake the database activity like the observable modelling .
Could someone provide the hint please
Thank

Setting JTable cell editor

Hallo,
I have troubles setting jtable cell edtior. when i run code below, editor stays unchnaged.
Do you know where's the problem, please (except in programmer^_^) ???
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
public class Test extends JFrame {
    JTable table;
    Test() {
        // Create table model
        table = new JTable();
        table.setModel(new DefaultTableModel(
            new Object[][] {
                { Boolean.TRUE, Integer.valueOf(10) },
                { "Hallo!", Boolean.FALSE },
            }, new String[] { "Col1", "Col2" }));
        // Setup frame a little
        setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        setBounds(new Rectangle(300,300,200,100));
        setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        add(table,BorderLayout.CENTER);
         * Two calls below have no effect:-(
         * What did i wrong?
        // set cell editor for all cells
        table.setCellEditor(new DefaultCellEditor(
                new JComboBox(new String[] { "0", "1" }) ));
        // Use checkbox for booleans
        table.setDefaultEditor(Boolean.class, new DefaultCellEditor(
                new JCheckBox() ));
        // Use combobox for strings
        table.setDefaultEditor(String.class, new DefaultCellEditor(
                new JComboBox( new String[] { "Hallo!", "Bye!" } ) ));
    public static void main(String[] arg) {
        Test test = new Test();
        test.setVisible(true);
}

Hi again,
yes it works when i set it for single column, but i'd like to use default editor, because column count is not fixed.
According to documentation: "Sets a default cell editor to be used if no editor has been set in a TableColumn. If no editing is required in a table, or a particular column in a table, uses the isCellEditable method in the TableModel interface to ensure that this JTable will not start an editor in these columns. If editor is null, removes the default editor for this column class."
So when i call
column.setCellEditor(null); in TableColumnModelListener columnAdded event. But still it's not working. See sample below (i've changed it to cell renderer coz result is clear on single view, but problem stays same)
More over problem seems to be with algoritm that decide which class to use. Object takes preference any time. W/o it npe arries.
Regards
Adam
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
public class Test extends JFrame {
    JTable table;
    Test() {
        // Create table model
        table = new JTable();
        table.setModel(new DefaultTableModel(
            new Object[][] {
                { Boolean.TRUE, Integer.valueOf(10) },
                { "Hallo!", Boolean.FALSE },
            }, new String[] { "Col1", "Col2" }));
        // Setup frame a little
        setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        setBounds(new Rectangle(300,300,200,100));
        setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        add(table,BorderLayout.CENTER);
        table.setDefaultRenderer(Object.class,new Renderer(Color.YELLOW));
        table.setDefaultRenderer(String.class,new Renderer(Color.BLUE));
        table.setDefaultRenderer(Boolean.class,new Renderer(Color.RED));
        table.setDefaultRenderer(Integer.class,new Renderer(Color.GREEN));
        // use default renderer in all columns
        table.getColumn(table.getColumnName(0)).setCellRenderer(null);
        table.getColumn(table.getColumnName(0)).setCellRenderer(null);
    public static void main(String[] arg) {
        Test test = new Test();
        test.setVisible(true);
    class Renderer extends DefaultTableCellRenderer {
        Color color;
        Renderer(Color color) { this.color = color; }
        public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value,
                boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column) {
            super.getTableCellRendererComponent(table, value, isSelected, hasFocus, row, column);
            setBackground(color);
            setToolTipText("Class is "+value.getClass().getName());
            return this;
}Message was edited by:
a3cchan

JTable cell under Mouse positin?

I have a need to update a control with information about a JTable cell that is currently under the Mouse pointer.
No clicking, just moving the mouse around updates the other control with information depending on which cell is currently under the Mouse pointer.
How Can I translate a mouse position into a row,col for the cell?

Generally I assume these kinds of problems are either obvious problems in my code (at least, obvious to other people) or obscure interactions that are are royal PITA to track down.
Apparently not in this case.
* TestJTable.java
* Created on Sep 14, 2010, 9:41:09 PM
package testthing;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import javax.swing.GroupLayout;
import javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement;
import javax.swing.WindowConstants;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
* @author jlussmyer
public class TestJTable extends javax.swing.JFrame {
    /** Creates new form TestJTable */
    public TestJTable() {
        initComponents();
    /** This method is called from within the constructor to
     * initialize the form.
     * WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is
     * always regenerated by the Form Editor.
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">
    private void initComponents() {
        jScrollPane1 = new JScrollPane();
        tblTest = new JTable();
        lblInfo = new JLabel();
        setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        tblTest.setModel(new DefaultTableModel(
            new Object [][] {
                {null, null, null, null},
                {null, null, null, null},
                {null, null, null, null},
                {null, null, null, null}
            new String [] {
                "Title 1", "Title 2", "Title 3", "Title 4"
        tblTest.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
            public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent evt) {
                tblTestMouseClicked(evt);
        jScrollPane1.setViewportView(tblTest);
        lblInfo.setText("jLabel1");
        GroupLayout layout = new GroupLayout(getContentPane());
        getContentPane().setLayout(layout);
        layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(Alignment.LEADING)
            .addComponent(lblInfo, GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 400, Short.MAX_VALUE)
            .addComponent(jScrollPane1, GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 400, Short.MAX_VALUE)
        layout.setVerticalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addComponent(jScrollPane1, GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE, 275, GroupLayout.PREFERRED_SIZE)
                .addPreferredGap(ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                .addComponent(lblInfo)
                .addContainerGap(GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, Short.MAX_VALUE))
        pack();
    }// </editor-fold>
    private void tblTestMouseClicked(MouseEvent evt) {
        String txt = evt.getPoint().x + "," + evt.getPoint().y;
        int row = tblTest.rowAtPoint(evt.getPoint());
        Point pt = new Point(evt.getPoint());
        do {
            pt.y--;
        } while (tblTest.rowAtPoint(pt) == row);
        lblInfo.setText(txt + " row=" + row + ", pt.y=" + pt.y + ", " + tblTest.rowAtPoint(pt));
        return;
     * @param args the command line arguments
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        java.awt.EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                new TestJTable().setVisible(true);
    // Variables declaration - do not modify
    private JScrollPane jScrollPane1;
    private JLabel lblInfo;
    private JTable tblTest;
    // End of variables declaration
}

Shading part of a JTable Cell dependent upon the value of the cell

Hi
Was hoping some one woudl be able to provide some help with this. I'm trying to create a renderer that will "shade" part of a JTable cell's background depending upon the value in the cell as a percentage (E.g. if the cell contains 0.25 then a quarter of the cell background will be shaded)
What I've got so far is a renderer which will draw a rectangle whose width is the relevant percentage of the cell's width. (i.e. the width of the column) based on something similar I found in the forum but the part I'm struggling with is getting it to draw this rectangle in any cell other than the first cell. I've tried using .getCellRect(...) to get the x and y position of the cell to draw the rectangle but I still can't make it work.
The code for my renderer as it stands is:
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
public class PercentageRepresentationRenderer extends JLabel implements TableCellRenderer{
     double percentageValue;
     double rectWidth;
     double rectHeight;
     JTable table;
     int row;
     int column;
     int x;
     int y;
     public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column) {
          if (value instanceof Number)
               this.table = table;
               this.row = row;
               this.column = column;
               Number numValue = (Number)value;
               percentageValue = numValue.doubleValue();
               rectHeight = table.getRowHeight(row);
               rectWidth = percentageValue * table.getColumnModel().getColumn(column).getWidth();
          return this;
     public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
        x = table.getCellRect(row, column, false).x;
        y = table.getCellRect(row, column, false).y;
          setOpaque(false);
        Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
        g2d.fillRect(x,y, new Double(rectWidth).intValue(), new Double(rectHeight).intValue());
        super.paintComponent(g);
}and the following code produces a runnable example:
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
public class PercentageTestTable extends JFrame {
     public PercentageTestTable()
          Object[] columnNames = new Object[]{"A","B"};
          Object[][] tableData = new Object[][]{{0.25,0.5},{0.75,1.0}};
          DefaultTableModel testModel = new DefaultTableModel(tableData,columnNames);
          JTable test = new JTable(testModel);
          test.setDefaultRenderer(Object.class, new PercentageRepresentationRenderer());
          JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane();
          scroll.getViewport().add(test);
          add(scroll);
     public static void main(String[] args)
          PercentageTestTable testTable = new PercentageTestTable();
          testTable.pack();
          testTable.setVisible(true);
          testTable.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}If anyone could help or point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it.
Ruanae

This is an example I published some while ago -
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
public class Fred120 extends JPanel
    static final Object[][] tableData =
        {1, new Double(10.0)},
        {2, new Double(20.0)},
        {3, new Double(50.0)},
        {4, new Double(10.0)},
        {5, new Double(95.0)},
        {6, new Double(60.0)},
    static final Object[] headers =
        "One",
        "Two",
    public Fred120() throws Exception
        super(new BorderLayout());
        final DefaultTableModel model = new DefaultTableModel(tableData, headers);
        final JTable table = new JTable(model);
        table.getColumnModel().getColumn(1).setCellRenderer( new LocalCellRenderer(120.0));
        add(table);
        add(table.getTableHeader(), BorderLayout.NORTH);
    public class LocalCellRenderer extends DefaultTableCellRenderer
        private double v = 0.0;
        private double maxV;
        private final JPanel renderer = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1,0))
            public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
                super.paintComponent(g);
                g.setColor(Color.CYAN);
                int w = (int)(getWidth() * v / maxV + 0.5);
                int h = getHeight();
                g.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
                g.drawRect(0, 0, w, h);
        private LocalCellRenderer(double maxV)
            this.maxV = maxV;
            renderer.add(this);
            renderer.setOpaque(true);
            renderer.setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
            renderer.setBorder(null);
            setOpaque(false);
            setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
        public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int col)
            final JLabel label = (JLabel) super.getTableCellRendererComponent(table, value, isSelected, hasFocus, row, col);
            if (value instanceof Double)
                v = ((Double)value).doubleValue();
            return renderer;
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
        final JFrame frame = new JFrame("Fred120");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setContentPane(new Fred120());
        frame.pack();
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        frame.setVisible(true);
}

How do I divide a list in one cell into multiple rows?

I have copied lists of data from a website - some lists pasted as I want them (in individual rows), but others pasted the list in one row. Is there an easy way to split a list in a single cell into multiple cells so ultimately I can sort all the rows? I've tried "split the selected cells into rows" in the inspector, but it's not working... seems like it's creating another column instead (?). Any help would be amazing.

K,
I find that Pages has the friendliest Find and Replace dialog, so when I need to swap around the delimiters I go straight to Pages and do the fixes there. Replace whatever is there between columns in the original content with Tab characters and replace whatever is there now for delimiting the rows with the Return character. Since it's sometimes difficult to tell what has been used, just copy it from the content and Paste into the Find field. Choose the Tab or Return character from the Replace drop down menu.
When you have it all fixed up, then paste into Numbers.
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