Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.event.ItemEvent; import java.awt.event.ItemListener; import javax.swing.JComboBox; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTable; public class MainClass { public static void main(String args[]) { String rows[][] = { { "A", "a" }, { "B", "b" }, { "E", "e" } }; String headers[] = { "Upper", "Lower" }; final int modeKey[] = { JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_ALL_COLUMNS, JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_LAST_COLUMN, JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_NEXT_COLUMN, JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_OFF, JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_SUBSEQUENT_COLUMNS }; final JTable table = new JTable(rows, headers); JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(table); String modes[] = { "Resize All Columns", "Resize Last Column", "Resize Next Column", "Resize Off", "Resize Subsequent Columns" }; final JComboBox resizeModeComboBox = new JComboBox(modes); int defaultMode = 4; table.setAutoResizeMode(modeKey[defaultMode]); resizeModeComboBox.setSelectedIndex(defaultMode); ItemListener itemListener = new ItemListener() { public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) { int index = resizeModeComboBox.getSelectedIndex(); table.setAutoResizeMode(modeKey[index]); } }; resizeModeComboBox.addItemListener(itemListener); JFrame frame = new JFrame("Resizing Table"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.add(resizeModeComboBox, BorderLayout.NORTH); frame.add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); frame.setSize(300, 150); frame.setVisible(true); } }