Pradeep, It seems like there are a few things you can do. Here are a couple of suggestions. First, look at the source for DefaultTableCellRenderer.getTableCellRendererComponent() to get a sense of how the default behavior works. It sounds like when you subclass the renderer you are just setting the text of the label and not setting the foreground/background depending on the selection state. Simplest thing, therefore, is, in your subclass, set the background/foreground for your date column. By default, the displayed value is obtained by calling toString() on the value object passed in. You can vary this behavior by specifying a different class to be returned from your table's model, in getColumnClass(). For instance, if you return Date.class for your date column, the table will use a DateRenderer for that column; DateRenderer uses a DateFormat to format the date. Look in JTable.java to learn more about this. Hope this helps, rand -------------------------------- Rand Clark Software Design Engineer Transoft Networks a Hewlett-Packard company 805.883.4315 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Pradeep, Chinnaswamiah [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 4:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Praveen Kumar, Irrinki; Balabaskaran, Kanagasabai Subject: Problem with Table cell renderer Hi , I have extended the DefaultTableCellRenderer to have my own TableCellRenderer. I am using this Renderer for all columns in a JTable . One of my column has a datefield which is to be formatted . So for this particular column I return a JLabel from the getTableCellRendererComponent() function of the renderer else i just return a component ( which I get from super.getTableCellRendererComponent() with a change in the foreground color of the component ). Now when I select a row all the columns of that row get highlighted except for the column having the datefield.If I return a component instead of a JLabel from my renederer for this column then everything works fine but the format of the datefield is lost because I cannot set the text of a component. Any suggestions in this regard. Thanks Pradeep _______________________________________________ Advanced-swing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://eos.dk/mailman/listinfo/advanced-swing _______________________________________________ Advanced-swing mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://eos.dk/mailman/listinfo/advanced-swing