JTable. Deleting rows. Consume the event to not get dispatched further

Question

I needed to delete rows from a JTable on the delete key-press. So the use case is quite simple, the user select some rows, press the delete key, the rows get deleted. The co

Answer 1

Use key bindings instead...

InputMap im = table.getInputMap(JTable.WHEN_FOCUSED);
ActionMap am = table.getActionMap();

im.put(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_DELETE, 0), "DeleteRow");
am.put("DeleteRow", new AbstractAction() {
    @Override
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {

        System.out.println("Delete row");
        int row = table.getSelectedRow();

        if (row > -1) {

            DefaultTableModel model = (DefaultTableModel) table.getModel();
            model.removeRow(row);

        }

    }
});

(I borrowed mKorbel data for my test, so my test was using a DefaultTableModel, you will need to cast to the model you are using).

Also, if you editing, this may still fire, so you will need to check for that