jtable column link

>> is it posssible to have a column in a  jtable as a link
Not automatically.
But if you add a MouseListener to the JTable you can become what you want.

>> when the cursor is placed over the link, the color of the cell changes to red
Possible using the combination of (the same) MouseListener and a TableCellRenderer

Not easily achieved sorry

>> if you add a MouseListener to the JTable you can become what you want.

yourTable.addMouseListener( new MouseAdapter() {
     public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)  {
          JTable theTable = (JTable)MouseEvent.getSource();
          Point pt = e.getPoint();
          if ( theTable.columnAtPoint(pt) == yourSpecificColumn ) {
              int row = theTable.rowAtPoint(pt);
              // get the data for that row and open the link
          }
     }
});

You'll need to do more than that to get the link to display

can i ask if there is a better tool than to display data from  a table..i know jlist only displays one column..is there anything else other than a jtable and a jlist?

not for displaying tabular data, what is it you are trying to achieve?

i have data from a table ..5 columns..i'm using a jtable to select and display the data..one of the columns in the jtable needs to be a hyperlink..when the user clicks on that column data, it opens a a diferent applet

You can achieve that using a table, you'll just need to implement your own renderer, and the mouse over and mouse click behaviour yourself.

yep..that sounds like a good idea..i'll give it a shot...thanks