jTable right-click popup menu

Question

I have a SQL database and I am working on a program that will allow me to add/delete/modify records. I already managed to add records I am working on editing/deleting them.

Answer 1

A problem with a JTable is that the right click does not change the row selection. So you if have an Action that works on a specific row you need to left click the row first before right clicking to have the popup menu displayed.

If you want the row to be selected where your right click then you can use code like the following:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class TableRightClick extends JFrame implements ActionListener
{
    JPopupMenu popup;

    public TableRightClick()
    {
        popup = new JPopupMenu();
        popup.add( new JMenuItem("Do Something1") );
        popup.add( new JMenuItem("Do Something2") );
        popup.add( new JMenuItem("Do Something3") );
        JMenuItem menuItem = new JMenuItem("ActionPerformed");
        menuItem.addActionListener( this );
        popup.add( menuItem );

        JTable table = new JTable(50, 5);
        table.addMouseListener( new MouseAdapter()
        {
            public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e)
            {
                System.out.println("pressed");
            }

            public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)
            {
                if (e.isPopupTrigger())
                {
                    JTable source = (JTable)e.getSource();
                    int row = source.rowAtPoint( e.getPoint() );
                    int column = source.columnAtPoint( e.getPoint() );

                    if (! source.isRowSelected(row))
                        source.changeSelection(row, column, false, false);

                    popup.show(e.getComponent(), e.getX(), e.getY());
                }
            }
        });
        table.setPreferredScrollableViewportSize(table.getPreferredSize());
        getContentPane().add( new JScrollPane(table) );
    }

    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
    {
        Component c = (Component)e.getSource();
        JPopupMenu popup = (JPopupMenu)c.getParent();
        JTable table = (JTable)popup.getInvoker();
        System.out.println(table.getSelectedRow() + " : " + table.getSelectedColumn());
    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        TableRightClick frame = new TableRightClick();
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation( EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
        frame.pack();
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo( null );
        frame.setVisible( true );
    }
}