How to enable row selection in a JTable with Java

To enable row selection, use the setRowSelectionAllowed () method and set it to TRUE −

table.setCell setRowSelectionAllowed(true);

The following is an example to enable row selection in a JTable −

Example

package my; import java.awt.Color; import javax.swing.BorderFactory; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTable; import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder; public class SwingDemo {    public static void main(String[] args) {       JFrame frame = new JFrame();       JPanel panel = new JPanel();       panel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(          BorderFactory.createEtchedBorder(), "ODI Rankings", TitledBorder.CENTER, TitledBorder.TOP));       String[][] rec = {          { "1", "Steve", "AUS" },          { "2", "Virat", "IND" },          { "3", "Kane", "NZ" },          { "4", "David", "AUS" },          { "5", "Ben", "ENG" },          { "6", "Eion", "ENG" },       };       String[] header = { "Rank", "Player", "Country" };       JTable table = new JTable(rec, header);       table.setShowHorizontalLines(true);       table.setGridColor(Color.orange);       table.setRowSelectionAllowed(true);       panel.add(new JScrollPane(table));       frame.add(panel);       frame.setSize(550, 400);       frame.setVisible(true);    } }

The output is as follows. Here, we have selected a row. We can select a row now since setRowSelectionAllowed() is set TRUE above −

Output