Java JTable change cell color

Question

I would like to make an editable table and then check the data to make sure its valid. Im not sure how to change the color of just one cell. I would like to get a cell, for

Answer 1

I believe the correct way to do colouring in a table is via a ColorHighlighter. The table renderers have problems to render different colours in the same column.

Here is an example of how to use highlighters. In this case it is for highlighting a cell that is not editable.

public class IsCellEditablePredicate implements HighlightPredicate {

   private JXTable table;

   public IsCellEditablePredicate (final JXTable table) {
       this.table = table;
   }

   @Override
   public boolean isHighlighted(Component component, ComponentAdapter componentAdapter) {

        return !table.isCellEditable(componentAdapter.row,
          componentAdapter.column);
   }
}

and then in your code for setuping the table you add the highlighter and its colour parameters:

 ColorHighlighter grayHighlighter = new ColorHighlighter(new IsCellEditablePredicate(table));

    grayHighlighter.setBackground(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
    grayHighlighter.setForeground(table.getForeground());
    grayHighlighter.setSelectedBackground(table.getSelectionBackground().darker());
    grayHighlighter.setSelectedForeground(table.getSelectionForeground().darker());

    table.setHighlighters(grayHighlighter);