Java Swing table - trouble setting a cell value
Here's the answer I discovered - when the setText() function is not opened up. Some feedback from the support desk & some additional trial and error helped connect the dots.
Hopefully this solution will help others as well
Access Cells & Editing Tables in Java Swing
1) access the cell in the manner appropriate for that cell:
1a) DblClickCell
1b) ClickCellThis opens up the cell and any objects that are native to that cell.
Objects we've seen within a cell:
a) TextField
b) Cell - used when a Date Picker Object is accessible for that field
c) SuperComboBox with TextField & Button
d) Filter Field - opened when clicking the SuperComboBox's ButtonYou now mostly interact with objects within the activated cell. The Objects within the cell are now active because of step 1 above.
There does seem to be 1 exception to this where you operate at the Table Level, using the Keys: "[Tab]" command. Step 3 has more details about that.
2) Take the appropriate action for the objects in the cell, for example:
a) SetText to change a Cell object
b) Keys to update a TextField object
c) ClickButton for a Button object
d) Keys to type within a Filter Field object (filter field is part of a SuperComboBox)
This maybe should have been obvious, but ... it's basically your typical OnScreen Actions once the cell and it's objects are active
3) For Most fields -- simply hit the Tab key for the Table object in the following manner:
EXCEPTION: see step 4 below
NOTE: - hitting tab within our tables saves the action taken on the objects within the cell and moves you to the next cell or the next row
a) Object - the Table
b) Operation - Keys
c) Value - "[Tab]"
4) Tab out of a Sub-Objects when necesary -- If the Sub-Object is too deep or utilizing a common object as with the filter field (SuperComboBox) mentioned above, you must Tab out of the Sub-Object
a) Object - the sub-object of the table's cell, e.g., the Filter Field
b) Operation - Keys
c) Value - "[Tab]"
