The Java Developers Almanac 1.4

e940. Enabling Single or Multiple Selections in a JTable Component

    JTable table = new JTable();
    
    // Get default selection mode
    int selMode = table.getSelectionModel().getSelectionMode();
    // MULTIPLE_INTERVAL_SELECTION
    
    // Allow only single a selection
    table.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION);
    
    // Allow selection to span one contiguous set of rows,
    // visible columns, or block of cells
    table.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_INTERVAL_SELECTION);
    
    // Allow multiple selections of rows, visible columns, or cell blocks (default)
    table.setSelectionMode(ListSelectionModel.MULTIPLE_INTERVAL_SELECTION);

Related Examples

e939. Enabling Row, Column, or Cell Selections in a JTable Component
e941. Programmatically Making Selections in a JTable Component
e942. Getting the Selected Cells in a JTable Component
e943. Disabling Selections in a JTable Component
e944. Getting the Anchor Cell in a JTable Component

See also: Cells    Column Heads    Columns    Editing    Events    Layout    Rows    Scrolling    Sorting    Table Model    Tool Tips

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