JTable cell not editable but clickable

Question

I want to put an action whenever someone clicks a cell. open another gui for example. But how do i make a cell clickable BUT not editable? These are results for an sql query. I can't manage to make the table uneditable though. Do I need a listener or something? and if yes where should I put it?

Here is my code:

public class AllResultsFromDB extends JFrame
{

    GUI ins = new GUI();

    public AllResultsFromDB(GUI x)
    {
        Vector columnNames = new Vector();

        Vector data = new Vector();
        this.ins = x;

        try
        {   
            // Initializing GUI class in order to call getSelectedTable() method.
//            GUI ins = new GUI();
            //System.out.println(ins.getSelectedTable());
            Login sgui = new Login();

            String dburl = "jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:ORCL";
            Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection( dburl, sgui.getUsername(), sgui.getPassword() );


            //  Fetch data from table specified by user

            String query = "SELECT * FROM "  + ins.getSelectedTable() + " ORDER BY id";
            System.out.println(query);
            Statement stmt = connection.createStatement();
            ResultSet rset = stmt.executeQuery(query);   
            ResultSetMetaData metad = rset.getMetaData();
            int columns = metad.getColumnCount();



            //  This loop gets the names of the columns

            for (int i = 1; i <= columns; i++)
            {
                columnNames.addElement( metad.getColumnName(i) );
                //columnNames.addElement("PROFILES");
            }




            //  This loop gets the data inside the rows

            while (rset.next())
            {
                Vector row = new Vector(columns);

                //Vector b = new Vector((Collection)button);

                for (int i = 1; i <= columns; i++)
                {
                    row.addElement( rset.getObject(i) );
                }

                data.addElement( row );
                //data.addElement(b);
            }

            rset.close();
            stmt.close();
            connection.close();




            //  Create table with results

        JTable table = new JTable(data, columnNames)
        { 

            public Class getColumnClass(int column)
            { 
                for (int row = 0; row < getRowCount(); row++)
                {
                    Object obj = getValueAt(row, column);


                    if (obj != null)
                    {
                        return obj.getClass();
                    }
                }

                return Object.class;
            }

        };


        JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane( table );
        getContentPane().add( scroll );
        //table.addMouseListener(l);
        //table.setEnabled(false);
        //table.setDragEnabled(true);



        JPanel panel = new JPanel();
        getContentPane().add( panel, BorderLayout.SOUTH );

    } catch (SQLException e) {
        }


    }

}

Answer 1

Start by taking a look at How to use tables

The isCellEditable method the TableModel determines of a cell is editable or not. This method should return false

When you supply column/data information to the JTable directly, the JTable creates a DefaultTableModel internally. This class's isCellEditiable method will return true by default.

By using something like DefaultTableModel, you can override this method without with to much trouble and set the model to the table directly.

Next, you need to attach a MouseListener to the table

Take a look at How to write a Mouse Listener

You can then use getSelectedColumn, getSelectedRow to get the selected cell.

You'll also need to use convertRowIndexToModel and convertColumnIndexToModel to convert between the view and model indices