Set background color for particular row of JTable at runtime

Question

I am working with netbeans IDE7.4, I am adding rows to the JTable at run-time and now I want to set background color for a particular row.

Now the problem is that when the value of that row is changed the color of that particular row is not changed and when I scroll up or down the table the changes are applied.

How to refresh the table at run-time? How to set background color of particular row at runtime?

This is renderer class am using for coloring particular row:

public class MyCellRenderer extends javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer
    {         
public java.awt.Component getTableCellRendererComponent(javax.swing.JTable table, java.lang.Object value, boolean isSelected,     boolean hasFocus, int row, int column)
   {
   final java.awt.Component cellComponent = super.getTableCellRendererComponent(table, value, isSelected, hasFocus, row,        column);

     Object val=table.getValueAt(row, 2);
     String sval=val.toString();
     sval=sval.replaceAll(":","");
     int ival=Integer.parseInt(sval);
  if(ival==0) 
    {  
        cellComponent.setForeground(Color.black);          
        cellComponent.setBackground(Color.red);              

    }      
    else  
    {      
        cellComponent.setBackground(Color.white);      
        cellComponent.setForeground(Color.black);      
    }    
    if (isSelected)
   {
    cellComponent.setForeground(table.getSelectionForeground());                             cellComponent.setBackground(table.getSelectionBackground());
   }


      return cellComponent;

 }


 }

and am assigning to jtable like this :

    newViewTable.setDefaultRenderer(Object.class,new MyCellRenderer());

newViewTable is the name of JTable.

Can you provide a runnable example that demonstrates your problem? — MadProgrammer, Mar 20 '14 at 06:18
For better help sooner, post a [MCTaRE](http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve) (Minimal Complete Tested and Readable Example). — Andrew Thompson, Mar 20 '14 at 06:21
See [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/9737299/2587435) — Paul Samsotha, Mar 20 '14 at 06:55
How are you updating the table/model (so it will change the cell rendering characteristics)? — MadProgrammer, Mar 20 '14 at 06:59
Why not follow the advice I offered and post a MCTaRE rather than poorly formatted (unreadable) code that cannot be run and therefore is an example of nothing? — Andrew Thompson, Mar 20 '14 at 07:00

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 20 '14 at 06:21

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how to set background color of particular row at runtime?

Use a table cell renderer. See How to Use Tables: Using Custom Renderers for details.

answered Mar 20 '14 at 06:21

Andrew Thompson

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MadProgrammer · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-20T07:33:34.263

At some point, you need to tell the table that the content has changed in some way.

If you're using a TableModel based on AbstractTableModel, you can use the fireTableXxx events, for example fireTableCellUpdate(row, col). This will inform the JTable that the model has changed and cause it repaint the table...

You may wish to consider using fireTablesRowsUpdated as this will cause the JTable to update the entire row.

If you are using setValueAt on the model to change the value, you will need to call the appropriate event trigger...

Updated with running example

So, based on you MyCellRenderer renderer, I did this example, and it works fine...

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableModel;

public class TestTable {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new TestTable();
    }

    public TestTable() {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {
                    UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
                } catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
                }

                final DefaultTableModel model = new DefaultTableModel(
                        new Object[]{"A", "B", "C"}, 
                        0
                );

                model.addRow(new Object[]{"A", "B", "1"});
                model.addRow(new Object[]{"C", "D", "0"});
                model.addRow(new Object[]{"E", "F", "1"});
                model.addRow(new Object[]{"G", "H", "0"});

                JTable table = new JTable(model);
                table.setDefaultRenderer(Object.class, new MyCellRenderer());

                JButton btn = new JButton("Add");
                btn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                        model.addRow(new Object[]{"N", "O", (int)(Math.round(Math.random() * 1))});
                    }
                });

                JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
                frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
                frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
                frame.add(new JScrollPane(table));
                frame.add(btn, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
                frame.pack();
                frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
                frame.setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }

    public class MyCellRenderer extends javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer {

        public java.awt.Component getTableCellRendererComponent(javax.swing.JTable table, java.lang.Object value, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column) {
            final java.awt.Component cellComponent = super.getTableCellRendererComponent(table, value, isSelected, hasFocus, row, column);

            Object val = table.getValueAt(row, 2);
            String sval = val.toString();
            sval = sval.replaceAll(":", "");
            int ival = Integer.parseInt(sval);
            if (ival == 0) {
                cellComponent.setForeground(Color.black);
                cellComponent.setBackground(Color.red);

            } else {
                cellComponent.setBackground(Color.white);
                cellComponent.setForeground(Color.black);
            }
            if (isSelected) {
                cellComponent.setForeground(table.getSelectionForeground());
                cellComponent.setBackground(table.getSelectionBackground());
            }

            return cellComponent;

        }

    }

}

The question now is, what are you doing differently??

*"i cant post the whole source code"* Note that 'whole source code' != MCTaRE **or** 'runnable example'. Nobody suggested you post the whole source code. — Andrew Thompson, Mar 20 '14 at 08:06
My Problem is solved...I used fireTabledatachanged..Thanks for your reply. — user3331894, Mar 20 '14 at 09:49

Set background color for particular row of JTable at runtime

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