Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.awt.Component; import java.awt.Dimension; import javax.swing.JTable; import javax.swing.table.TableColumn; import javax.swing.table.TableModel; public class Main { /** * Adjusts the widths and heights of the cells of the supplied table to fit their contents. */ public static void sizeToContents(JTable table) { TableModel model = table.getModel(); TableColumn column = null; Component comp = null; int ccount = table.getColumnModel().getColumnCount(), rcount = model.getRowCount(), cellHeight = 0; for (int cc = 0; cc < ccount; cc++) { int headerWidth = 0, cellWidth = 0; column = table.getColumnModel().getColumn(cc); try { comp = column.getHeaderRenderer().getTableCellRendererComponent(null, column.getHeaderValue(), false, false, 0, 0); headerWidth = comp.getPreferredSize().width; } catch (NullPointerException e) { // getHeaderRenderer() this doesn't work in 1.3 } for (int rr = 0; rr < rcount; rr++) { Object cellValue = model.getValueAt(rr, cc); comp = table.getDefaultRenderer(model.getColumnClass(cc)).getTableCellRendererComponent(table, cellValue, false, false, 0, cc); Dimension psize = comp.getPreferredSize(); cellWidth = Math.max(psize.width, cellWidth); cellHeight = Math.max(psize.height, cellHeight); } column.setPreferredWidth(Math.max(headerWidth, cellWidth)); } if (cellHeight > 0) { table.setRowHeight(cellHeight); } } }