Java JTable setting Column Width

Question

I have a JTable in which I set the column size as follows:

table.setAutoResizeMode(JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_OFF);
table.getColumnModel().getColumn(0).setPreferredW         


        

Answer 1

With JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_OFF, the table will not change the size of any of the columns for you, so it will take your preferred setting. If it is your goal to have the columns default to your preferred size, except to have the last column fill the rest of the pane, You have the option of using the JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_LAST_COLUMN autoResizeMode, but it might be most effective when used with TableColumn.setMaxWidth() instead of TableColumn.setPreferredWidth() for all but the last column.

Once you are satisfied that AUTO_RESIZE_LAST_COLUMN does in fact work, you can experiment with a combination of TableColumn.setMaxWidth() and TableColumn.setMinWidth()