Java Swing TableColumn set width
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Component; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTable; import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel; import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer; import javax.swing.table.TableColumn; import javax.swing.table.TableColumnModel; class MyDefaultTableModel extends DefaultTableModel { public Class getColumnClass(int mColIndex) { int rowIndex = 0; Object o = getValueAt(rowIndex, mColIndex); if (o == null) { return Object.class; } else {/*from w w w.jav a 2 s .co m*/ return o.getClass(); } } } public class Main extends JPanel { public Main() { setLayout(new BorderLayout(5, 5)); DefaultTableModel model = new MyDefaultTableModel(); JTable table = new JTable(model); // Add data model.addColumn("Col1", new Object[] { Color.red }); model.addRow(new Object[] { Color.green }); model.addRow(new Object[] { Color.blue }); adjustColumnPreferredWidths(table); JScrollPane sp = new JScrollPane(table); add(sp, BorderLayout.CENTER); } public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame frame = new JFrame("java2s.com"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); Main m = new Main(); frame.add(m); frame.setSize(300, 210); frame.setVisible(true); } /** * Automatically adjust cell width of the given JTable * * @param table */ public static void adjustColumnPreferredWidths(JTable table) { TableColumnModel columnModel = table.getColumnModel(); for (int col = 0; col < table.getColumnCount(); col++) { int maxwidth = 0; TableCellRenderer rend = table.getCellRenderer(Integer.MAX_VALUE, col); for (int row = 0; row < table.getRowCount(); row++) { Object value = table.getValueAt(row, col); Component comp = rend.getTableCellRendererComponent(table, value, false, false, row, col); maxwidth = Math.max(comp.getPreferredSize().width, maxwidth); } TableColumn column = columnModel.getColumn(col); TableCellRenderer headerRenderer = column.getHeaderRenderer(); if (headerRenderer == null) headerRenderer = table.getTableHeader().getDefaultRenderer(); Object headerValue = column.getHeaderValue(); Component headerComp = headerRenderer.getTableCellRendererComponent(table, headerValue, false, false, 0, col); maxwidth = Math.max(maxwidth, headerComp.getPreferredSize().width); column.setPreferredWidth(maxwidth); } } }