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make that 
  table.getColumnModel().getColumn(1).setPreferredWidth(50);

"Torsten Welches" <torsten.welches@who.cares.netcologne.de> wrote:
>
>Steve,
>
>the snippet is fine.
>My bet is a missing "import javax.swing.table.*;" ;-)
>If not please post your surrounding code.
>
>If you don't explicitly set a model JTable provides a 
>DefaultTableModel for you.
>
>Please note that the snippet assumes 5 columns, if you have only two columns you would have to use "i < 2". Or just write 
>  table.getColumnModel().getColumn(0).setPreferredWidth(100);
>  table.getColumnModel().getColumn(1)).setPreferredWidth(50);
>
>Good luck,
>Torsten
>
>"Steve Swett" <swett@ncats.net> wrote:
>>The following code at the "How to Use Tables" section of the on-line Java
>>Tutorial doesn't work for me:
>>
>>TableColumn column = null;
>>for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
>>    column = table.getColumnModel().getColumn(i);
>>    if (i == 2) {
>>        column.setPreferredWidth(100); //sport column is bigger
>>    } else {
>>        column.setPreferredWidth(50);
>>    }
>>}
>>
>>It won't even compile because it complains about the
>>"column.setPreferredWidth(100)" statement as if it was a bad method.  If you
>>let Jbuilder prompt for you, after you key "column." it won't list the
>>setPreferredWidth method.
>>
>>My table is a simple one and doesn't use a model.  Does it need to?
>>
>>Can someone give me a simple example of setting column widths for a 2-column
>>table where the first column is twice the width of the second column?
>>Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
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