// strategy - get max width for cells in column and
// make that the preferred width
TableColumnModel columnModel = table.getColumnModel();
for (int col=0; col<table.getColumnCount(); col++) {
// System.out.println ("--- col " + col + " ---");
int maxwidth = 0;
for (int row=0; row<table.getRowCount(); row++) {
TableCellRenderer rend = table.getCellRenderer (row, col);
Object value = table.getValueAt (row, col);
Component comp =
rend.getTableCellRendererComponent (table,
value,
false,
false,
row,
col);
maxwidth = Math.max (comp.getPreferredSize().width,
maxwidth);
//System.out.println ("col " + col +
// " pref width now " +
// maxwidth);
} // for row
/* this version of the width set doesn't consider the
column header's preferred width
*/
TableColumn column = columnModel.getColumn (col);
column.setPreferredWidth (maxwidth);
/* this version of the width set considers the
column header's preferred width too
TableColumn column = columnModel.getColumn (col);
TableCellRenderer headerRenderer = column.getHeaderRenderer();
if (headerRenderer == null)
headerRenderer = table.getTableHeader().getDefaultRenderer();
Object headerValue = column.getHeaderValue();
Component headerComp =
headerRenderer.getTableCellRendererComponent (table,
headerValue,
false,
false,
0,
col);
maxwidth = Math.max (maxwidth,
headerComp.getPreferredSize().width);
column.setPreferredWidth (maxwidth);
*/
} // for col
