MouseEvent

Name

Description

Mouse events are generated when the user moves and clicks the mouse.

Class Definition

public class java.awt.event.MouseEvent extends java.awt.event.InputEvent {
 // Constants public final static int MOUSE_CLICKED;
public final static int MOUSE_DRAGGED;
public final static int MOUSE_ENTERED;
public final static int MOUSE_EXITED;
public final static int MOUSE_FIRST;
public final static int MOUSE_LAST;
public final static int MOUSE_MOVED;
public final static int MOUSE_PRESSED;
public final static int MOUSE_RELEASED; // Constructors public MouseEvent (Component source, int id, long when, int modifiers, int x, int y, int clickCount, boolean popupTrigger); // Instance Methods public int getClickCount();
public synchronized Point getPoint();
public int getX();
public int getY();
public boolean isPopupTrigger();
public String paramString();
public synchronized void translatePoint (int x, int y);
}

Constants

MOUSE_CLICKED

public final static int MOUSE_CLICKED

An event type ID indicating a mouse click.

MOUSE_DRAGGED

public final static int MOUSE_DRAGGED

An event type ID indicating a mouse move with the button held down.

MOUSE_ENTERED

public final static int MOUSE_ENTERED

An event type ID indicating that a mouse entered a component.

MOUSE_EXITED

public final static int MOUSE_EXITED

An event type ID indicating that a mouse left a component.

MOUSE_FIRST

public final static int MOUSE_FIRST

Specifies the beginning range of mouse event ID values.

MOUSE_LAST

public final static int MOUSE_LAST

Specifies the ending range of mouse event ID values.

MOUSE_MOVED

public final static int MOUSE_MOVED

An event type ID indicating a mouse move.

MOUSE_PRESSED

public final static int MOUSE_PRESSED

An event type ID indicating a mouse button press.

MOUSE_RELEASED

public final static int MOUSE_RELEASED

An event type ID indicating a mouse button release.

Constructors

MouseEvent

public MouseEvent (Component source, int id, long when, int modifiers, int x, int y, int clickCount, boolean popupTrigger)

• Parameters
• • source
  • The object that generated the event.
  • id
  • The event type ID of the event.
  • when
  • When the event occurred, in milliseconds from the epoch.
  • modifiers
  • What modifier keys were pressed with this key.
  • x
  • The horizontal location of the event.
  • y
  • The vertical location of the event.
  • clickCount
  • The number of times the mouse button has been clicked.
  • popupTrigger
  • A flag indicating if this event is a popup trigger event.
• Description
• Constructs a MouseEvent with the given characteristics.

Instance Methods

getClickCount

public int getClickCount()

• Returns
• The number of consecutive mouse button clicks for this event.

getPoint

public synchronized Point getPoint()

• Returns
• The location where the event happened.

getX

public int getX()

• Returns
• The horizontal location where the event happened.

getY

public int getY()

• Returns
• The vertical location where the event happened.

isPopupTrigger

public boolean isPopupTrigger()

• Returns
• Returns true if this event is the popup menu event for the run-time system.

paramString

public String paramString()

• Returns
• String with current settings of the MouseEvent.
• Overrides
• ComponentEvent.paramString()
• Description
• Helper method for toString() to generate string of current settings.

translatePoint

public synchronized void translatePoint (int x, int y)

• Parameters
• • x
  • The horizontal amount of translation.
  • y
  • The vertical amount of translation.
• Description
• Translates the location of the event by the given amounts.

See Also

Component, ComponentEvent, InputEvent, MouseAdapter, MouseListener, Point