To enable colum selection, use the setColumnSelectionAllowed() method and set it to TRUE −table.setCell setColumnSelectionAllowed(true);The following is an example to enable column selection in a table −Examplepackage my; import java.awt.Color; import javax.swing.BorderFactory; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTable; import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder; public class SwingDemo {    public static void main(String[] args) {       JFrame frame = new JFrame();       JPanel panel = new JPanel();       panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(          BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder(), "ODI Rankings", TitledBorder.CENTER, TitledBorder.TOP));       String[][] rec = {          { "1", "Steve", "AUS" },     ... Read More

To enable row selection, use the setRowSelectionAllowed () method and set it to TRUE −table.setCell setRowSelectionAllowed(true);The following is an example to enable row selection in a JTable −Examplepackage my; import java.awt.Color; import javax.swing.BorderFactory; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTable; import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder; public class SwingDemo {    public static void main(String[] args) {       JFrame frame = new JFrame();       JPanel panel = new JPanel();       panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(          BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder(), "ODI Rankings", TitledBorder.CENTER, TitledBorder.TOP));       String[][] rec = {          { "1", "Steve", "AUS" },   ... Read More

The DefaultTableModel is an implementation of TableModel that uses a Vector of Vectors to store the cell value objects. At first create a two dimensional array for rows and columns −DefaultTableModel tableModel = new DefaultTableModel(new Object[][] {    { "India", "Asia" }, { "Canada", "North America" }, { "Singapore", "Asia" },    { "Malaysia", "Asia" }, { "Philippins", "Asia" }, { "Oman", "Asia" },    { "Germany", "Europe" }, { "France", "Europe" }  }, new Object[] { "Country", "Continent" });Above, “Country” and “Continent” are the columns. Now, set the above set of rows and columns to JTable −JTable table = ... Read More

Yes, we can read from JOptionPane. Here, we will get the result of the showInputDialog() in a String variable −String input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter the C++ lessons you covered till now?");After getting the result, we will convert it to integer with parseInt() and display it on Console −int res = Integer.parseInt(input); System.out.println("Lessons covered = "+res);The following is an example to read from JOptionPane by requesting input from user −Examplepackage my; import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.GridBagLayout; import java.awt.GridLayout; import java.net.URL; import javax.swing.ImageIcon; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class SwingDemo {    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { ... Read More

Customize the layout by changing the look and feel of the panel in which you added the component −ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(new URL("http −//www.tutorialspoint.com/images/C-PLUS.png")); JLabel label = new JLabel(icon); JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout()); panel.add(label); panel.setOpaque(true); panel.setBackground(Color.ORANGE);Above, we have added an image and even updated the background color of the panel.Now, set it for the text panel −JPanel textPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(10, 5)); textPanel.setBackground(Color.Magenta);The following is an example to customize the JOptionPane layout −Examplepackage my; import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.GridBagLayout; import java.awt.GridLayout; import java.net.URL; import javax.swing.ImageIcon; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JOptionPane; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class SwingDemo { ... Read More

To apply adjustments to the next column only, use the setAutoResizeMode and set the mode. The mode here would be AUTO_RESIZE_NEXT_COLUMN. This will allow you to adjust only the next column even if any of the column header is dragged to resize.Let us first see an example to create a table −Examplepackage my; import java.awt.Font; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTable; import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel; public class SwingDemo {    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {       DefaultTableModel tableModel = new DefaultTableModel();       JTable table = new JTable(tableModel);       tableModel.addColumn("Technology");       tableModel.addColumn("BCA"); ... Read More

To set the location of component, use the GridBagConstraints. Here, we have two components −GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints(); JLabel label = new JLabel("Email-Id − "); JTextArea text = new JTextArea(); text.setText("Add id here...");Set the location with gridx and gridy −gbc.gridx = 0; gbc.gridy = 0; layout.setConstraints(label, gbc); panel.add(label);The following is an example to set the location of component in a GridBagLayout −Examplepackage my; import java.awt.GridBagConstraints; import java.awt.GridBagLayout; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JTextArea; import javax.swing.WindowConstants; public class SwingDemo {    public static void main(String[] args) {       JFrame frame = new JFrame("Demo Frame");     ... Read More

While creating a GridLayout, you need to set the rows and columns as parenthesis. A GridLayout is used to create a layout the specified number of rows and columns.Let’s say we have a GridLayout, with 1 row and 4 columns −GridLayout layout = new GridLayout(1, 4);The following is an example to create a GridLayout with rows and columns −Examplepackage my; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.FlowLayout; import java.awt.Font; import java.awt.GridLayout; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JTextArea; import javax.swing.WindowConstants; public class SwingDemo {    public static void main(String[] args) {       JFrame frame = new ... Read More

To create Horizontal slider in Java, use the Swing JSlider. Let us first create a frame and a Horizontal slider in it −JFrame frame = new JFrame("Frame with Slider"); JSlider slider = new JSlider(JSlider.HORIZONTAL, 0, 100, 70);Now, we will set the values for the slider. Display the ticks −slider.setMinorTickSpacing(5); slider.setMajorTickSpacing(20); slider.setPaintTicks(true); slider.setPaintLabels(true); Add the slider in the panel: JPanel panel = new JPanel(); panel.add(slider);The following is an example to create horizontal slider −Examplepackage my; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JSlider; import javax.swing.WindowConstants; public class SwingDemo {    public static void main(String[] args) {       JFrame frame = new ... Read More

Use the createVerticalStrut() method to create an invisible fixed height component between two components. Let’s say we have some button and we are creating a fixed height between them −box.add(button4); box.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(50)); box.add(button5); box.add(Box.createVerticalStrut(30)); box.add(button6);The following is an example to create an invisible fixed height component between two components in Java −Examplepackage my; import java.awt.BorderLayout; import javax.swing.Box; import javax.swing.BoxLayout; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; public class SwingDemo {    public static void main(String args[]) {       JFrame frame = new JFrame("Groups");       frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);       JButton button1 = new JButton("CSK");       JButton button2 ... Read More