Thread: Scroll Positioning Problem

Heyo, guys! I've got a problem that really has me scratching my head here. I have a JTable inside a JScrollPane. My code (below) adds an entry to the table, then tells the scroll pane to scroll to the bottom entry. The problem is that it never scrolls to the bottom entry, only to the *second* to bottom one. I suspect that some sort of odd timing error is going on, but can't figure it out. Any assistance would be really appreciated!

private void addProcGuideWithValues(String base, String proc) {
        procTableModel.addRow(new Object[]{base, proc}); // adding object to the table's table model
 
        JScrollBar bar = sclProcGuide.getVerticalScrollBar(); // grabbing scroller object
        bar.setValue(bar.getMaximum()); // setting scroll value to its theoretical maximum
}

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I don't have much experience here, but here are some ideas: Behavior that ALWAYS occurs is a good thing, because that gives us consistency we can work with. If your current code always moves to the next to last (same as second to bottom?) then increase the maximum so that it moves down one more. Or, the behavior suggests that the maximum needs to be updated to recognize that a change has occurred before calling getMaximum(), so see if there's a way to update the values before calling getMaximum().

Good thought, but I've already attempted that. There's even a getBlockIncrement() function on the scrollbar (example of that non-working code below), which represents the int value of one entry's height. When I add that, I get nothing at all. I am thinking that the actual addition of the height to the scroll bar is somehow delayed. If that is the case, then the code is *correctly* dropping the scroll bar to the bottom, but then *incorrectly* adding the additional line to the table afterward.

Nonworking Code:

private void addProcGuideWithValues(String base, String proc) {
        procTableModel.addRow(new Object[]{base, proc}); // adding object to the table's table model
 
        JScrollBar bar = sclProcGuide.getVerticalScrollBar(); // grabbing scroller object
        bar.setValue(bar.getMaximum() [B]bar.getBlockIncrement()[/B]); // setting scroll value to its theoretical maximum
}

Also, thanks for the warm welcome! ^^

Sorry, I just don't spend much time with tables. In fact, I avoid them and Regex at all costs. Someone smarter than I will come along.

It probably happens because the update to the model and the update to the scrollbars maximum value do not happen simultanously. I might be wrong, because I do not know for sure, but this explanation makes a lot of sense to me since Swing is not thread safe and usually events are enqueued on the EDT.

One possible solution would be to add a listener to your model and, when an insertion event is fired, scroll the scrollbar. Possibly within an InvokeLater on the EDT just to make sure it will happen after the JTable got the event.

Cornix, thank you for the suggestion! Invokelater was exactly what I needed here. Below is my corrected code, now working correctly. This is a really good trick to remember...

private void addProcGuideWithValues(String base, String proc) {
        procTableModel.addRow(new Object[]{base, proc}); // adding object to the table's table model
 
        // perform this action later, once the scroll object is properly updated
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            public void run() {
                JScrollBar bar = sclProcGuide.getVerticalScrollBar();
                bar.setValue (bar.getMaximum() + bar.getBlockIncrement());
            }
        });
}