JTable with variable columns per row
I have a request from a user to display different data within the same JTable (don't ask, users...)
This would require the table to have, for example, three rows with 4 columns followed by two rows with one column, followed by 3 rows with 4 columns, etc. etc. The width of the cell on the single-cell rows should be the width of the entire table so any text in these cells is drawn all the way across.
Before I tell the user it can't be done I thought I better verify this. It doesn't appear I can use a tableCellRenderer because this still only paints the area contained by the cell. If I try to render the single-cell row it still only paints within the area defined by the column width.
Does anyone know of some way this might possibly be implemented?
Thanls
