Set a column width of JTable according to the text in a header

Question

I need to get an appropriate table size according to a text in a header. It contains abbreviations of czech names of days like: \"Po\", \"Út\", \"St\", atc. but instead of t

Answer 1

This is fantastic code to auto-fit your header and cell content in the JTable:

jTable1.setAutoResizeMode(JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_OFF );

for (int column = 0; column < jTable1.getColumnCount(); column++){
    TableColumn tableColumn = jTable1.getColumnModel().getColumn(column);
    int preferredWidth = tableColumn.getMinWidth();
    int maxWidth = 0;
    TableCellRenderer rend = jTable1.getTableHeader().getDefaultRenderer();
    TableCellRenderer rendCol = tableColumn.getHeaderRenderer();
    if (rendCol == null) rendCol = rend;
    Component header = rendCol.getTableCellRendererComponent(jTable1, tableColumn.getHeaderValue(), false, false, 0, column);
    maxWidth = header.getPreferredSize().width;
    System.out.println("maxWidth :"+maxWidth);

    for (int row = 0; row < jTable1.getRowCount(); row++){
        TableCellRenderer cellRenderer = jTable1.getCellRenderer(row, column);
        Component c = jTable1.prepareRenderer(cellRenderer, row, column);
        int width = c.getPreferredSize().width + jTable1.getIntercellSpacing().width;
        preferredWidth = Math.max(preferredWidth, width);
        System.out.println("preferredWidth :"+preferredWidth);
        System.out.println("Width :"+width);

        //  We've exceeded the maximum width, no need to check other rows

        if (preferredWidth <= maxWidth){
            preferredWidth = maxWidth;
            break;
        }
    }
    tableColumn.setPreferredWidth(preferredWidth);
}