changing JTable cell's background onClick

[Alex Kravets]

Hello,
I have a JTable with JCheckBoxes as components in the cells. Is there a way to change cell's background when I click on a check box?
thanks,
Alex

[Chantal Ackermann]

you need to write your own TableCellRenderer. It has to extend JCheckBox and implement the interface TableCellRenderer. It might be necessary to implement TableCellEditor as well (same procedure).
If you don't know how to do this, see the Swing Tutorial on TableCellRenderers.
chantal

[Chantal Ackermann]

I forgot:
It might not work to call jCheckBox.setBackground(Color). In this case try setting it opaque (jCheckBox.setOpaque(true)). If this fails as well, you will need to extend JPanel, put a JCheckBox on it and change the panels background.
cheers
Chantal

[Alex Kravets]

thanks! Will try that.