JTable, disable user column dragging

Question

I have declared my JTable as:

data_table = new JTable(info, header) {
    @Override
    public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int column) {
        return false;
    }
};

But I've seen that at runtime it's possible to drag the columns with mouse. How can I disable that?

score 141 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 14 '13 at 16:21

141

data_table.getTableHeader().setReorderingAllowed(false); should do the job, unless you mean that the user can resize column headers.

answered Jul 14 '13 at 16:21

Also nice readings here : http://www.coderanch.com/t/346302/GUI/java/Restrict-User-Move-Column-JTable And another answer here : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1155137/how-to-keep-a-single-column-from-being-reordered-in-a-jtable – Benj Apr 11 '16 at 07:30

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 04 '20 at 17:30

To anyone having this problem using Netbeans IDE you can disable the user from dragging columns in the JTable by doing the following steps.

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