JTable row colour(urgent)

[simon kumar]

Hi,
i want to set the color of 2nd row.
i am using TableCellRenderer to make display a particular row in a different colour.the code seems to work fine but the colour seems to be changed for all the rows after row 2.even if i set the color of that particular row.i am using defaultTableModel.any clue where i am doing wrong
any help will be appreciated
Regards
Simon

[Julia Reynolds]

Check out this article at JGuru:
http://www.jguru.com/forums/view.jsp?EID=521888
Cheers,
Julia

[Greg Brouelette]

The key is to remember that the table cell renderer is called for every single cell in the table, not just the selected cell(s). When I've had problems of this nature in the past it's always been a misunderstanding of this key point.
Let's look at the method

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

You would write a class that implements this method (which is what it sounds like you've done). Be sure that you're checking the row int to see if you need to do any special handling of a particular row. You're problem may be as simple as code that says if (row>2) instead of if(row==2).
I know that's a very generic answer, but I hope it helps. If not then let's see your source code and maybe we can figure it out from there.