Help with school task

[CapetownSun]

Hey guys, Ill be brief.

Remember those word searches you did on a piece of paper where you find a list of words in a block of 'random' letters? The program's objective is the same.

I need help with the interface on which this block of letters will be placed on.

Initially, I thought of a simple borderless table and then you would be able to select(and Highlight) letters. I ran into the wall that JTable doesn't support multiple unrelated cell selection, such as (1;2) and (2;4). What could alternative be?

It needs to be dynamic as the list of words will be pulled from a file, and then generated by the program, and then the interface from that.

Any suggestions, comment welcome. Thanks

[KevinWorkman]

I'd probably just extend JPanel and override the paintComponent() method. But there is more than one way to do this.

[DarrylBurke]

I ran into the wall that JTable doesn't support multiple unrelated cell selection, such as (1;2) and (2;4). What could alternative be?

See whether this helps: Java CodeGuru: Selection of any Cell in a JTable

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edit Or http://java.itags.org/java-core-gui-apis/49569/