[SOLVED] How do you add cell padding to a JTable?

This is very frustrating, I have been trying to figure out how to add cell padding to all the cells (including the header) in my JTable. I tried setIntercellSpacing but that adds padding to the space between cells. I am looking to add the equivalent of "1 space" of padding to the left and the right side of the inside of the cells so that the text is nicer to read when the text is left or right aligned. Anybody have any ideas on how to accomplish this?

setRowMargin(), setRowHeight() etc maybe

Or you could add a blank cell(if JTable is similar to working with buttons on a gridLayout)

Java 2 Platform SE 5.0 look there for the proper method to use

In your custom TableCellRenderer you want to do:

Code:

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public class MyColumnTableCellRenderer extends JLabel implements TableCellRenderer {

        public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, final int row, int column) {

              JLabel cellSpacingLabel= (JLabel) (this);

              if (hasFocus) {
                          setBorder(UIManager.getBorder("Table.focusCellHighlightBorder"));

                          cellSpacingLabel=null;
              }
              else{
                          setBackground(table.getBackground());
           
                          stBorder(null);


                }

                if (isSelected) {   


                      setBackground(table.getSelectionBackground());
               
                      setBorder(null);


              }
              else{

                      setBackground(table.getBackground());
               
                      setBorder(null);


              }

                if (cellSpacingLabel != null) {
                          cellSpacingLabel .setBorder(new CompoundBorder(new EmptyBorder(new Insets(1, 4, 1, 4)), oLabel.getBorder()));

                }


                this.setOpaque(true);
                setText((String) value);


                return this;

        }



}

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That should work for you...

I would not have guessed

"l.setBorder(new CompoundBorder(new EmptyBorder(new Insets(1,4,1,4)), l.getBorder()));"

on my own.

Thank you, it looks great now!!!!!!

That's why I make the big bucks...