Assign additional screen space for a cell by using adjoining cells.

The sample code below shows you how to use the classes involved. The source files for the classes can be downloaded by the link at the bottom.

// File: MultiSpanCellTableExample.java
/*
 * (swing1.1beta3) jfc#96
 */
 
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
import javax.swing.border.*;

import jp.gr.java_conf.tame.swing.table.*;


/**
 * @version 1.0 11/26/98
 */
public class MultiSpanCellTableExample extends JFrame {

  MultiSpanCellTableExample() {
    super( "Multi-Span Cell Example" );
    
    AttributiveCellTableModel ml = new AttributiveCellTableModel(10,6);
    /*
    AttributiveCellTableModel ml = new AttributiveCellTableModel(10,6) {
      public Object getValueAt(int row, int col) { 
        return "" + row + ","+ col; 
      }
    };
    */
    final CellSpan cellAtt =(CellSpan)ml.getCellAttribute();
    final MultiSpanCellTable table = new MultiSpanCellTable( ml );
    JScrollPane scroll = new JScrollPane( table );

    JButton b_one   = new JButton("Combine");
    b_one.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        int[] columns = table.getSelectedColumns();
        int[] rows    = table.getSelectedRows();
        cellAtt.combine(rows,columns);
        table.clearSelection();
        table.revalidate();
        table.repaint();
      }
    });
    JButton b_split = new JButton("Split");
    b_split.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        int column = table.getSelectedColumn();
        int row    = table.getSelectedRow();
        cellAtt.split(row,column);
        table.clearSelection();
        table.revalidate();
        table.repaint();
      }
    });
    JPanel p_buttons = new JPanel();
    p_buttons.setLayout(new GridLayout(2,1));
    p_buttons.add(b_one);
    p_buttons.add(b_split);

    Box box = new Box(BoxLayout.X_AXIS);
    box.add(scroll);
    box.add(new JSeparator(SwingConstants.HORIZONTAL));
    box.add(p_buttons);
    getContentPane().add( box );
    setSize( 400, 200 );
    setVisible(true);
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    MultiSpanCellTableExample frame = new MultiSpanCellTableExample();
    frame.addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter() {
      public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e ) {
        System.exit(0);
      }
    });
  }
}