// This method from http://www.exampledepot.com/egs/javax.swing.table/PackCol.html
public int packColumn(JTable table, int vColIndex, int margin) {
DefaultTableColumnModel colModel = (DefaultTableColumnModel) table.getColumnModel();
TableColumn col = colModel.getColumn(vColIndex);
int width = 0;
// Get width of column header
TableCellRenderer renderer = col.getHeaderRenderer();
if (renderer == null) {
renderer = table.getTableHeader().getDefaultRenderer();
}
Component comp =
renderer.getTableCellRendererComponent(table, col.getHeaderValue(), false, false, 0, 0);
width = comp.getPreferredSize().width;
// Get maximum width of column data
for (int r = 0; r < table.getRowCount(); r++) {
renderer = table.getCellRenderer(r, vColIndex);
comp =
renderer.getTableCellRendererComponent(
table, table.getValueAt(r, vColIndex), false, false, r, vColIndex);
width = Math.max(width, comp.getPreferredSize().width);
}
// Add margin
width += 2 * margin;
// Set the width
col.setPreferredWidth(width);
return width;
}
/**
* This method gets the width of a cell, specified by a column and row number.
*
* @param row The column number.
* @param column The row number.
* @return The width of the cell data.
*/
private int getCellDataWidth(int row, int column) {
// Inovke the renderer for the cell to calculate the preferred width
TableCellRenderer cellRenderer = table.getCellRenderer(row, column);
Component c = table.prepareRenderer(cellRenderer, row, column);
int width = c.getPreferredSize().width + table.getIntercellSpacing().width;
return width;
}