Setting Default Properties for a Columns and Rows In addition to or instead of setting properties on individual cells you can also set the default properties for a columns and rows. This means that any cell in that row or column will be rendered with that property. Any property set on the column can be overriden by a property set on a row. Both of these can be overriden by setting the same property on the cell. An additional advantage to using default properties for rows and columns is that it uses less resources on large sets of data. This is especially useful when using the virtual DsResultSetModel which only needs to load a small portion of a query which may contain to 2 billion records. Setting the properties on each individual records would take a lot of processing time and memory. grid.getCellAt( 1, 2 ).setForeground( Color.blue ); grid.getRowProperties( 1 ).setForeground( Color.magenta ); grid.getColumnProperties( 1 ).setForeground( Color.cyan ); grid.getColumnProperties( 2 ).setForeground( Color.red ); Alternating Row Colors The background of adjascent rows can be made automatically painted a different color. The two colors can be specified and are alternated as each row is painted. Another call can additionally set the foreground colors. grid.setAutoStyle( DsGrid.ALTERNATING_ROW_COLOR ); The foreground color can also be specified in addition to the background color. grid.setAutoStyle( DsGrid.ALTERNATING_ROW_COLOR, Color.black, Color.white, Color.white, Color.lightGray ); Sorting Sorting is built in and available for any model. You have control over the sort order, column, and whether the user can click on a column to change the sort column and order. The defaults are ascending sort order, sort column = 0, NumClicksToSort = 0, and Sorted = false. grid.setSortOrder( DsGrid.DESCENDING ); grid.setSortColumn( 1 ); grid.setNumClicksToSort( 1 ); grid.setSorted( true ); Ensure a Row is Visible Scroll to make sure a certain row is visible on the screen. grid.ensureVisible( row ); Row Height Setting the row height is provided by the base JTable implementation. The row height can be set for the entire grid or on an individual row by row basis. grid.setRowHeight( 30 ); grid.setRowHeight( 1, 20 ); Column Width A convenience method on DsGrid has been implemented which calls the base JTable implementation in the column model to change the width of the specified column. grid.setColumnWidth( 1, 20 ); Column Name A convenience method on DsGrid has been implemented which sets the text displayed in the column header. grid.setColumnName( 1, "one" );

Table of Contents Overview Working with Cells Cell Data Types and Formatting Selection and Working with Blocks of Cells Working with Rows and Columns Row and Column Headers Loading and Saving Data and TableModels Printing Product Page

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