I am trying to make JTable cells non-editable but if i do so Iam unable to select a single cell value instead when i try to copy the entire row is getting selected I want to copy only the selected cell value instead of entire row.Is there a way to do it?
public class EmployeeWin extends JFrame {
DefaultTableModel model = new DefaultTableModel() {
@Override
public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int column){
return false;
}
};
Container cont = this.getContentPane();
JTable tab = new JTable(model);
private TableRowSorter<TableModel> rowSorter = new TableRowSorter<>(model);
private final JTextField searchFilter = new JTextField();
public EmpDataWin(List<EmployeeDTO> pEmployeeDTO) {
initialize(pEmployeeDTO);
}
public void initialize(List<EmployeeDTO> pEmployeeDTOList) {
JPanel panelParent = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
// Add Header
model.addColumn("Employee Name");
model.addColumn("Department");
model.addColumn("Details");
// Add data row to table
for (EmployeeDTO aEmployeeDTO : pEmployeeDTOList) {
model.addRow(new Object[] { aEmployeeDTO.getEmployee_Name(), aEmployeeDTO.getDepartment(),
aEmployeeDTO.getDetails()});
}
tab.setRowSorter(rowSorter);
tab.setAutoCreateRowSorter(true);
JPanel panel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
panel.add(new JLabel(UIConstants.SEARCH), BorderLayout.WEST);
JTextField searchFilter = SearchFilter.createRowFilter(tab);
panel.add(searchFilter, BorderLayout.CENTER);
panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10));
tab.setAutoResizeMode(JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_OFF);
JScrollPane sp = new JScrollPane(tab,ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS,ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
panelParent.add(panel,BorderLayout.NORTH);
panelParent.add(sp,BorderLayout.CENTER);
panelParent.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(10 , 10, 10, 10));
cont.add(panelParent);
this.pack();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
EmployeeDAO dao = new EmployeeDAO();
List<EmployeeDTO> dto = dao.getemployeeData();
JFrame frame = new EmployeeDataWin(dto);
}
}
when i try to copy the entire row is getting selected I want to copy only the selected cell value instead of entire row
The default Action
for the Ctrl+C
key is to copy the entire row. If you only want the data of the currently selected cell then you need to replace the default Action
with a custom Action
.
The logic would be something like:
Action copyCell = new AbstractAction()
{
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
JTable table = (JTable)e.getSource();
int row = table.getSelectedRow();
int column = table.getSelectedColumn();
Object value = table.getValueAt(row, column);
// copy the data to the clipboard
Clipboard c = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
StringSelection testData = new StringSelection( value.toString() );
c.setContents(testData, testData);
}
};
table.getActionMap().put("copy", copyCell);
The above code will create the custom Action
and replace it in the ActionMap
of the JTable
. See Key Bindings. The program provided in the link shows all the default Actions and the keyword for each Action.