How do I get the selected cells in JTable component?

The following examples shows you how to get the selected rows or the selected columns or the selection of multiple cells in the JTable component. To listen for selection event we can add a selection listener to JTable component by calling the JTable.getSelectionModel().addListSelectionListener() method. This method accepts an object which implements a ListSelectionListener interface.`

package org.kodejava.swing;

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ListSelectionListener;
import javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel;
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.Arrays;

public class JTableGetSelectedCells extends JPanel {
    private JTable table = null;

    public JTableGetSelectedCells() {
        initializePanel();
    }

    private static void showFrame() {
        JPanel panel = new JTableGetSelectedCells();
        panel.setOpaque(true);

        JFrame frame = new JFrame("JTable Selected Cells Demo");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setContentPane(panel);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(JTableGetSelectedCells::showFrame);
    }

    private void initializePanel() {
        setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 500));

        table = new JTable(new PremiereLeagueTableModel());
        table.getColumnModel().getColumn(0).setMinWidth(200);
        table.getSelectionModel().addListSelectionListener(
                new RowColumnListSelectionListener());

        table.setFillsViewportHeight(true);
        JScrollPane pane = new JScrollPane(table);

        JPanel control = new JPanel(new FlowLayout());
        final JCheckBox cb1 = new JCheckBox("Row Selection");
        final JCheckBox cb2 = new JCheckBox("Columns Selection");
        final JCheckBox cb3 = new JCheckBox("Cells Selection");

        // Change row selection allowed state
        cb1.addActionListener(e -> {
            table.setRowSelectionAllowed(cb1.isSelected());
            table.setColumnSelectionAllowed(!cb1.isSelected());

            cb2.setSelected(!cb1.isSelected());
        });

        // Change column selection allowed state
        cb2.addActionListener(e -> {
            table.setColumnSelectionAllowed(cb2.isSelected());
            table.setRowSelectionAllowed(!cb2.isSelected());
            cb1.setSelected(!cb2.isSelected());
        });

        // Enable cell selection
        cb3.addActionListener(e -> {
            table.setCellSelectionEnabled(cb3.isSelected());
            table.setRowSelectionAllowed(cb3.isSelected());
            table.setColumnSelectionAllowed(cb3.isSelected());
        });

        control.add(cb1);
        control.add(cb2);
        control.add(cb3);

        add(pane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        add(control, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    }

    static class PremiereLeagueTableModel extends AbstractTableModel {
        // TableModel's column names
        private final String[] columnNames = {
                "CLUB", "MP", "W", "D", "L", "GF", "GA", "GD", "PTS"
        };

        // TableModel's data
        private final Object[][] data = {
                {"Chelsea", 8, 6, 1, 1, 16, 3, 13, 19},
                {"Liverpool", 8, 5, 3, 0, 22, 6, 16, 18},
                {"Manchester City", 8, 5, 2, 1, 16, 3, 13, 17},
                {"Brighton", 8, 4, 3, 1, 8, 5, 3, 15},
                {"Tottenham", 8, 5, 0, 3, 9, 12, -3, 15}
        };

        public int getRowCount() {
            return data.length;
        }

        public int getColumnCount() {
            return columnNames.length;
        }

        @Override
        public String getColumnName(int column) {
            return columnNames[column];
        }

        public Object getValueAt(int rowIndex, int columnIndex) {
            return data[rowIndex][columnIndex];
        }
    }

    private class RowColumnListSelectionListener implements ListSelectionListener {
        public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent e) {
            if (table.getRowSelectionAllowed() &&
                    !table.getColumnSelectionAllowed()) {
                int[] rows = table.getSelectedRows();
                System.out.println("Selected Rows: " + Arrays.toString(rows));
            }
            if (table.getColumnSelectionAllowed() &&
                    !table.getRowSelectionAllowed()) {
                int[] cols = table.getSelectedColumns();
                System.out.println("Selected Columns: " + Arrays.toString(cols));
            } else if (table.getCellSelectionEnabled()) {
                int selectionMode = table.getSelectionModel().getSelectionMode();
                System.out.println("selectionMode = " + selectionMode);
                if (selectionMode == ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_SELECTION) {
                    int rowIndex = table.getSelectedRow();
                    int colIndex = table.getSelectedColumn();
                    System.out.printf("Selected [Row,Column] = [%d,%d]\n", rowIndex, colIndex);
                } else if (selectionMode == ListSelectionModel.SINGLE_INTERVAL_SELECTION ||
                        selectionMode == ListSelectionModel.MULTIPLE_INTERVAL_SELECTION) {
                    int rowIndexStart = table.getSelectedRow();
                    int rowIndexEnd = table.getSelectionModel().getMaxSelectionIndex();
                    int colIndexStart = table.getSelectedColumn();
                    int colIndexEnd = table.getColumnModel().getSelectionModel().getMaxSelectionIndex();

                    for (int i = rowIndexStart; i <= rowIndexEnd; i++) {
                        for (int j = colIndexStart; j <= colIndexEnd; j++) {
                            if (table.isCellSelected(i, j)) {
                                System.out.printf("Selected [Row,Column] = [%d,%d]\n", i, j);
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Run the program, and you will see the following screen. Selecting some cells in the JTable will print the selected rows, the selected columns or some indexes of selected rows and columns in ListSelectionModel.MULTIPLE_INTERVAL_SELECTION selection mode.

JTable Get The Selected Cells

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How do I get the selected cells in JTable component?

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