Re: A better looking JTable
From: Paul Lutus (nospam_at_nosite.zzz)
Date: 09/15/04
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 21:40:18 -0700
Rob W wrote:
> I want to create a JTable that emulates the appearance of native tables
> on Windows and OSX. In particular, if the panel that a table is in is
> taller than the size of the table (due to the table only having a few
> rows), I want the extra space in the table to be filled with empty
> cells, so that the table fills the whole panel.
>
> This behaviour is present in most native apps I've seen that use tables.
> A good example is the iTunes songs list.
>
> My specific scenario is that I have a table which may contain only 1
> row, or may contain as many as 50 (typically it contains 2 or 3 rows).x
>
> I want to display this table in a pane that is resizable.
>
> This means that the table may have a lot of extra veritcal space,
> relative to the rows being displayed. I want it to fill the unused,
> lower part of the pane with empty cells as the pane is made larger (and
> when it is first drawn).
>
> Is there a simple way to do this, or do I need to create a custom JTable
> class to paint the table as described?
>
> Any suggestions will be much appreciated.
Add empty rows to your table. Create a class that fills in the JTable to the
degree necessary to meet your requirement without actually creating
meaningless data in the original data set.
-- Paul Lutus http://www.arachnoid.com
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