JTable Containing JTextArea

Hallo,
i am generating a JTable in my UI:

Code:

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for(int i=0;i<topics.size();i++){
postTextArea.setText(topics.getContent());
Object[] tmp = {topics.getUsername(),postTextArea, "options"};
                       
tabModel.addRow(tmp);
                       
                       
                }
                add(table, "cell 1 2,grow");

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What i want: the JTextArea containing the specific text is being displayed in this table.
What happens: at the points in the table, where the JTextArea should be displayed, there are information like
"javax.swing.JTextArea[,0,0,0x0,invalid,layout=javax.swing.plaf.basic.Bas icTextUI$UpdateHandler,alignmentX=0.0,alignmentY=0 .0,border=javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicBorders$Marg inBorder@8dcd5d,flags=296,maximumSize=,minimumSize =,preferredSize=,caretColor=sun.swing.PrintColorUI Resource[r=51,g=51,b=51],disabledTextColor=javax.swing.plaf.ColorUIResourc e[r=184,g=207,b=229],editable=true,margin=javax.swing.plaf.InsetsUIRes ource[top=0,left=0,bottom=0,right=0],selectedTextColor=sun.swing.PrintColorUIResource[r=51,g=51,b=51],selectionColor=javax.swing.plaf.ColorUIResource[r=184,g=207,b=229],colums=0,columWidth=0,rows=0,rowHeight=0,word=fal se,wrap=false]"

I dont want the Informatin, i want the JTextArea to be displayed. What am i doing wrong? How can i fix this?

You're seeing the result of the toString() method call on your JTextArea.

Have you read the JTable tutorial in the Swing tutorials? In particular the section on cell renderers (and editors)?

I have read about CellRenderer yes. I have read an example with a button. But i wasn`t able to find out, how to use them in my context.

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Originally Posted by Joe100

I have read about CellRenderer yes. I have read an example with a button. But i wasn`t able to find out, how to use them in my context.

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The concept for using it to display any component is the same, though I've never displayed anything more than a row in height, and I'm sure you'd have to fiddle with settings to make rows larger. If I were you, I'd start experimenting with using cell renderers.

[JavaSpecialists 106] - Multi-line cells in JTable in JDK 1.4 may give you some ideas.