Is it possible to include JButton in a JTable?

java swing jtable jbutton
Benjamin Confino picture Benjamin Confino · Apr 19, 2009 · Viewed 7.8k times · Source

I have a JTable that stores the results of a database query, so far so good. What I want is for the last column in each table to have a clickible JButton that will open the edit screen for the object represented in that row, and that means the button will need to know the details of the first column in the table from its own row (the ID from the database).

Any advice? I already tried just adding JButtons but they turned into Text when I tried to run it.

Answer

Ilya picture Ilya · Jun 2, 2010

Contrary to the tutorial above, there is a way to do this without a complicated positioning math, custom mouse listeners, and custom table models. Instead, it can be done with a single simple custom class following the pattern described here:

http://web.archive.org/web/20100623105810/http://ivolo.mit.edu/post/A-Simple-Pattern-for-Embedding-Components-into-a-Swing-JTable.aspx

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