Java Swing, Trying to replace boolean check-box in a JTable with an image-icon checkbox

Question

So I have a JTable with check-boxes. I would like to have the check-boxes contain one image when they are \"checked\" and another image when they are \"unchecked\" (i.e., displa

Answer 1

Assuming that you have just a normal JTable you may set appropriate icons in renderer and editor:

public void setIcons(Jtable table, int column, Icon icon, Icon selectedIcon) {
    JCheckBox cellRenderer = (JCheckBox) table.getCellRenderer(0, column);
    cellRenderer.setSelectedIcon(selectedIcon);
    cellRenderer.setIcon(icon);

    DefaultCellEditor cellEditor = (DefaultCellEditor) table.getCellEditor(0, column);
    JCheckBox editorComponent = (JCheckBox) cellEditor.getComponent();
    editorComponent.setSelectedIcon(selectedIcon);
    editorComponent.setIcon(icon);
}

Answer 2

You'll need to supply you own custom TableCellRenderer that is capable of providing the functionality you want...

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTable;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
import javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.table.TableModel;

public class TestTableRenderer {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new TestTableRenderer();
    }

    public TestTableRenderer() {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {
                    UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
                } catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
                }

                JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
                frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
                frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
                frame.add(new TestPane());
                frame.pack();
                frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
                frame.setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }

    public class TestPane extends JPanel {

        public TestPane() {
            TableModel model = new AbstractTableModel() {

                @Override
                public int getRowCount() {
                    return 2;
                }

                @Override
                public int getColumnCount() {
                    return 1;
                }

                @Override
                public Object getValueAt(int rowIndex, int columnIndex) {
                    return rowIndex == 0 ? true : false;
                }

                @Override
                public Class<?> getColumnClass(int columnIndex) {
                    return Boolean.class;
                }

            };
            JTable table = new JTable(model);
            table.setDefaultRenderer(Boolean.class, new CustomBooleanCellRenderer());
            setLayout(new BorderLayout());
            add(new JScrollPane(table));
        }

        @Override
        public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
            return new Dimension(200, 200);
        }
    }

    public class CustomBooleanCellRenderer extends JCheckBox implements TableCellRenderer {

        private ImageIcon sad;
        private ImageIcon happy;

        public CustomBooleanCellRenderer() {
            try {
                happy = new ImageIcon(ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource("/Happy.png")));
                sad = new ImageIcon(ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource("/Sad.png")));
            } catch (IOException ex) {
                Logger.getLogger(TestTableRenderer.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            }
        }

        @Override
        public void setSelected(boolean selected) {
            super.setSelected(selected); 
            if (selected) {
                setIcon(happy);
            } else {
                setIcon(sad);
            }
        }

        @Override
        public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column) {
            if (value instanceof Boolean) {
                boolean selected = (boolean) value;
                setSelected(selected);
            }
            return this;
        }
    }
}

Now, you could just as easily use a JLabel or DefaultTableCellRenderer, check the Object value for true/false and set the icon accordingly...but where would the fun be in that ;)

Updated to include the editor...

I've rearranged the code slightly to include a cell editor...

public class CustomCheckBox extends JCheckBox {

    private ImageIcon sad;
    private ImageIcon happy;

    public CustomCheckBox() {
        try {
            happy = new ImageIcon(ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource("/Happy.png")));
            sad = new ImageIcon(ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource("/Sad.png")));
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void setSelected(boolean selected) {
        super.setSelected(selected);
        if (selected) {
            setIcon(happy);
        } else {
            setIcon(sad);
        }
    }

}

public class CustomBooleanCellRenderer extends CustomCheckBox implements TableCellRenderer {

    @Override
    public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column) {
        if (value instanceof Boolean) {
            boolean selected = (boolean) value;
            setSelected(selected);
        }
        return this;
    }

}

public class CustomBooleanCellEditor extends AbstractCellEditor implements TableCellEditor {

    private CustomCheckBox editor;

    public CustomBooleanCellEditor() {
        editor = new CustomCheckBox();
    }

    @Override
    public Component getTableCellEditorComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected, int row, int column) {
        if (value instanceof Boolean) {
            boolean selected = (boolean) value;
            editor.setSelected(selected);
        }
        return editor;
    }

    @Override
    public Object getCellEditorValue() {
        return editor.isSelected();
    }

}

You can apply the in a similar way you did the renderer...

table.setDefaultEditor(Boolean.class, new CustomBooleanCellEditor());

Answer 3

You would have to use the

isSelected

Method to see if the box is checked or not and by that you can use a if statement and if it is checked you use

checkBox.setIcon(myIcon);

Note that u can also u an ItemListener for the task of knowing if the box is selected or not.

Question answeared using following resources: http://www.roseindia.net/java/example/java/swing/CustomizedCheckBox.shtml

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