How to disable the reordering of table columns in tableView?

Question

Trying to figure out on how can i disable the reordering of table columns in javafx 2?

Joktan

Answer 1

Here's the solution:

tblView.getColumns().addListener(new ListChangeListener() {
        @Override
        public void onChanged(Change change) {
          change.next();
          if(change.wasReplaced()) {
              tblView.getColumns().clear();
              tblView.getColumns().addAll(column1,column2...);
          }
        }
    });

Joktan

I think there should be some way to disable the column reordering behaviour via an API on the TableView class, you might want to also log a feature request against the JavaFX runtime project. – Audiphone

@Audiphone So, it's been 1 year, any sign of an improved API method to lock the columns ? – Hesperus

Feature request RT-26283 "Support "locking" columns (and rows) in TableView" was created. There has been no progress made on it and the request is currently not scheduled. The feature request was accepted, so a patch request to openjfx to add the feature would probably be accepted. – Audiphone

thats not a solution to just delete every column and add them again. – Noh

Answer 2

After much waste of time, I've found the following, very simple, solution:

TableHeaderRow header = (TableHeaderRow) myTableView.lookup("TableHeaderRow");
header.setMouseTransparent(true);

Irruption

Like a charm in Java 8. – Lani