Question

in a jTable, I want when a user clicks on a cell, this sentence to be printed on the screen :

I am cell in row X and column Y

where x and Y are the row and column of the clicked cell.
But what I am getting is : when I click for example the cell in row 1 and column 4
I get the following :

I am cell in row 1 and column 0
I am cell in row 1 and column 1
I am cell in row 1 and column 2
....
I am cell in row 1 and column N  ( N = number of columns)

i.e. the whole row is selected.

this is the code :

public class CustomTableCellRenderer extends DefaultTableCellRenderer{

public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column)
{

    Component cell = super.getTableCellRendererComponent(table, value, isSelected, hasFocus, row, column);

            if(isSelected) System.out.println("I am cell in row "+row+" and column "+column);



    return cell;

}

}

Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

CellRenderers are used for rendering the cell contents. If you want to find the cell in which the mouse clicked, use a MouseListener and in the mouseClicked method find the cell.