Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Dimension; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTable; import javax.swing.JViewport; import javax.swing.ListSelectionModel; import javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel; import javax.swing.table.TableModel; public class FixedColumnModel { public static void main(String args[]) { final Object rowData[][] = { { "1", "one", "I" }, { "2", "two", "II" }, { "3", "three", "III" } }; final String columnNames[] = { "#", "English", "Roman" }; final TableModel fixedColumnModel = new AbstractTableModel() { public int getColumnCount() { return 1; } public String getColumnName(int column) { return columnNames[column]; } public int getRowCount() { return rowData.length; } public Object getValueAt(int row, int column) { return rowData[row][column]; } }; final TableModel mainModel = new AbstractTableModel() { public int getColumnCount() { return columnNames.length - 1; } public String getColumnName(int column) { return columnNames[column + 1]; } public int getRowCount() { return rowData.length; } public Object getValueAt(int row, int column) { return rowData[row][column + 1]; } }; JTable fixedTable = new JTable(fixedColumnModel); fixedTable.setAutoResizeMode(JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_OFF); JTable mainTable = new JTable(mainModel); mainTable.setAutoResizeMode(JTable.AUTO_RESIZE_OFF); ListSelectionModel model = fixedTable.getSelectionModel(); mainTable.setSelectionModel(model); JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(mainTable); Dimension fixedSize = fixedTable.getPreferredSize(); JViewport viewport = new JViewport(); viewport.setView(fixedTable); viewport.setPreferredSize(fixedSize); viewport.setMaximumSize(fixedSize); scrollPane.setCorner(JScrollPane.UPPER_LEFT_CORNER, fixedTable.getTableHeader()); scrollPane.setRowHeaderView(viewport); JFrame frame = new JFrame("Fixed Column Table"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); frame.setSize(300, 150); frame.setVisible(true); } }