Making a JButton clickable inside a JTable

Question

Here is the screenshot of what I want to do :

What\'s happening there

Answer 1

Try this:

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.swing.DefaultCellEditor;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.table.TableModel;

public class TableWithButtonDemo
{
  private JFrame frame = new JFrame("Table Demo");
  private String[] columnNames = { "String", "Integer", "Float", "" };
  private Object[][] data = { { "Dummy", new Integer(12), new Float(12.15), "Consulter" } };
  private TableModel model = new DefaultTableModel(data, columnNames)
  {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int column)
    {
      return column == 3;
    }
  };
  private JTable table = new JTable(model);

  public TableWithButtonDemo()
  {
    table.getColumnModel().getColumn(3).setCellRenderer(new ClientsTableButtonRenderer());
    table.getColumnModel().getColumn(3).setCellEditor(new ClientsTableRenderer(new JCheckBox()));
    table.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(table.getPreferredSize());
    table.setShowHorizontalLines(true);
    table.setShowVerticalLines(false);

    JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane(table);
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.add(scroll);
    frame.pack();
    frame.setLocation(150, 150);
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
  {
    UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
    EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable()
    {
      public void run()
      {
        new TableWithButtonDemo();
      }
    });
  }

  class ClientsTableButtonRenderer extends JButton implements TableCellRenderer
  {
    public ClientsTableButtonRenderer()
    {
      setOpaque(true);
    }

    public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column)
    {
      setForeground(Color.black);
      setBackground(UIManager.getColor("Button.background"));
      setText((value == null) ? "" : value.toString());
      return this;
    }
  }
  public class ClientsTableRenderer extends DefaultCellEditor
  {
    private JButton button;
    private String label;
    private boolean clicked;
    private int row, col;
    private JTable table;

    public ClientsTableRenderer(JCheckBox checkBox)
    {
      super(checkBox);
      button = new JButton();
      button.setOpaque(true);
      button.addActionListener(new ActionListener()
      {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
        {
          fireEditingStopped();
        }
      });
    }
    public Component getTableCellEditorComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected, int row, int column)
    {
      this.table = table;
      this.row = row;
      this.col = column;

      button.setForeground(Color.black);
      button.setBackground(UIManager.getColor("Button.background"));
      label = (value == null) ? "" : value.toString();
      button.setText(label);
      clicked = true;
      return button;
    }
    public Object getCellEditorValue()
    {
      if (clicked)
      {
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(button, "Column with Value: "+table.getValueAt(row, 1) + " -  Clicked!");
      }
      clicked = false;
      return new String(label);
    }

    public boolean stopCellEditing()
    {
      clicked = false;
      return super.stopCellEditing();
    }

    protected void fireEditingStopped()
    {
      super.fireEditingStopped();
    }
  }

}