Programmatically disable certain columns from being dragged

[arazvi]

In normal Java there is a way to either enable/disable columns being dragged around the table.

But I have a situation, where I want to disallow dragging for the first column only and allow it for all the other columns.

Obviously the solution will have to prohibit dragging any column over to the first columns place.

Do any Jide components support this functionality ? If not, can it be added ?

[JIDE Support]

It's not there in JIDE. However I can tell you how to do it.

You just need to create your own TableColumnModel that extends DefaultTableColumnModel. Set it to any JTable by overriding JTable#createDefaultColumnModel() method.

In your TableColumnModel, override moveColumn(int columnIndex, int newIndex). The columnIndex value is 0 (the first column is being moved), return. If newIndex is 0 (other columns are being moved before the first column), return. Otherwise, call super.moveColumn(...).

I haven't tried myself but please let me know if it works.

Thanks,

[arazvi]

Thanks !

Your solution worked a treat