Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTable; import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer; import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer; import javax.swing.table.TableColumn; import javax.swing.table.TableColumnModel; public class LabelHeaderSample { public static void main(String args[]) { final Object rows[][] = { { "one", "1" }, { "two", "2" }, { "three", "3" } }; JFrame frame = new JFrame("Label Header"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); String headers[] = { "English", "#" }; JTable table = new JTable(rows, headers); JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(table); JLabel headerRenderer = new DefaultTableCellRenderer(); String columnName = table.getModel().getColumnName(0); headerRenderer.setText(columnName); headerRenderer.setToolTipText("text"); TableColumnModel columnModel = table.getColumnModel(); TableColumn englishColumn = columnModel.getColumn(0); englishColumn.setHeaderRenderer((TableCellRenderer) headerRenderer); frame.add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); frame.setSize(300, 150); frame.setVisible(true); } }