JTable Header / Custom

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willy - 30 Dec 2003 04:17 GMT

Hi,

I'd like to change the L&F of the JTable Header but I'm not sure how to do
this.

Basically, I want the header columns to look flat instead of raised, with a
custom background color.

Thanks for any Tips.

WT-

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Robert Karlsson - 30 Dec 2003 09:04 GMT

> Hi,
>
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> Basically, I want the header columns to look flat instead of raised, with a
> custom background color.

If I'm not mistaken you should use the following properties
to get the desired result.

"TableHeader.font"
"TableHeader.background"
"TableHeader.cellBorder"

One way to set these properties is by..

UIManager.put( "TableHeader.background"", new Color( 200, 0, 0 ); );
etc..

Hope that helps.

:: Robert

> Thanks for any Tips.
>
> WT-

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Robert Karlsson - 30 Dec 2003 18:16 GMT

>> Hi,
>>
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>
> UIManager.put( "TableHeader.background"", new Color( 200, 0, 0 ); );

[snip]

I was a bit too quick there and one semi-colon too many
showed up. The line should read:

UIManager.put( "TableHeader.background"", new Color( 200, 0, 0 ) );

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Gregory A. Swarthout - 30 Dec 2003 23:05 GMT

> >> Hi,
> >>
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>
> UIManager.put( "TableHeader.background"", new Color( 200, 0, 0 ) );

-----------------------------------------^

Not to mention one double-quote too many.

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willy - 03 Jan 2004 02:39 GMT

> >> Hi,
> >>
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>
> UIManager.put( "TableHeader.background"", new Color( 200, 0, 0 ) );

Robert,

Your suggestion worked just fine for what I needed to do... with a few
quirks I ironed out with some fiddling.
Thanks,

W-

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Christian Kaufhold - 03 Jan 2004 13:54 GMT

>> I was a bit too quick there and one semi-colon too many
>> showed up. The line should read:
>>
>> UIManager.put( "TableHeader.background"", new Color( 200, 0, 0 ) );

The line should read:

UIManager.put("TableHeader.background", new ColorUIResource(200, 0, 0));

But there is no need to change these *global* settings. Just use a custom
header renderer and set there any colors etc. you want.

Christian

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Robert Karlsson - 04 Jan 2004 20:12 GMT

>>>I was a bit too quick there and one semi-colon too many
>>>showed up. The line should read:
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> UIManager.put("TableHeader.background", new ColorUIResource(200, 0, 0));

[snip]

Thanks!

Hmm, that was annoying. I think I'm going blind :-)

.: rob

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