MouseTracker

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• MouseEvent
• MouseListener
• MouseMotionListener

MouseTracker

// MouseTracker.java
// Demonstrating mouse events.

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class MouseTracker extends JFrame
             implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener {
   private JLabel statusBar;

   public MouseTracker()
   {
      super( "Demonstrating Mouse Events" );

      statusBar = new JLabel();
      getContentPane().add( statusBar, BorderLayout.SOUTH );
    
      // application listens to its own mouse events
      addMouseListener( this );
      addMouseMotionListener( this );

      setSize( 275, 100 );
      show();
   }

   // MouseListener event handlers
   public void mouseClicked( MouseEvent e )
   {
      statusBar.setText( "Clicked at [" + e.getX() +
                         ", " + e.getY() + "]" );
   }

   public void mousePressed( MouseEvent e )
   {
      statusBar.setText( "Pressed at [" + e.getX() +
                         ", " + e.getY() + "]" );
   }

   public void mouseReleased( MouseEvent e )
   {
      statusBar.setText( "Released at [" + e.getX() +
                         ", " + e.getY() + "]" );
   }

   public void mouseEntered( MouseEvent e )
   {
      statusBar.setText( "Mouse in window" );
   }

   public void mouseExited( MouseEvent e )
   {
      statusBar.setText( "Mouse outside window" );
   }

   // MouseMotionListener event handlers
   public void mouseDragged( MouseEvent e )
   {
      statusBar.setText( "Dragged at [" + e.getX() +
                         ", " + e.getY() + "]" );
   }

   public void mouseMoved( MouseEvent e )
   {
      statusBar.setText( "Moved at [" + e.getX() +
                         ", " + e.getY() + "]" );
   }

   public static void main( String args[] )
   { 
      MouseTracker app = new MouseTracker();

      app.addWindowListener(
         new WindowAdapter() {
            public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e )
            {
               System.exit( 0 );
            }
         }
      );
   }
}

MouseDetails

// MouseTracker.java
// Demonstrating mouse events.

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class MouseTracker extends JFrame
             implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener {
   private JLabel statusBar;

   public MouseTracker()
   {
      super( "Demonstrating Mouse Events" );

      statusBar = new JLabel();
      getContentPane().add( statusBar, BorderLayout.SOUTH );
    
      // application listens to its own mouse events
      addMouseListener( this );
      addMouseMotionListener( this );

      setSize( 275, 100 );
      show();
   }

   // MouseListener event handlers
   public void mouseClicked( MouseEvent e )
   {
      statusBar.setText( "Clicked at [" + e.getX() +
                         ", " + e.getY() + "]" );
   }

   public void mousePressed( MouseEvent e )
   {
      statusBar.setText( "Pressed at [" + e.getX() +
                         ", " + e.getY() + "]" );
   }

   public void mouseReleased( MouseEvent e )
   {
      statusBar.setText( "Released at [" + e.getX() +
                         ", " + e.getY() + "]" );
   }

   public void mouseEntered( MouseEvent e )
   {
      statusBar.setText( "Mouse in window" );
   }

   public void mouseExited( MouseEvent e )
   {
      statusBar.setText( "Mouse outside window" );
   }

   // MouseMotionListener event handlers
   public void mouseDragged( MouseEvent e )
   {
      statusBar.setText( "Dragged at [" + e.getX() +
                         ", " + e.getY() + "]" );
   }

   public void mouseMoved( MouseEvent e )
   {
      statusBar.setText( "Moved at [" + e.getX() +
                         ", " + e.getY() + "]" );
   }

   public static void main( String args[] )
   { 
      MouseTracker app = new MouseTracker();

      app.addWindowListener(
         new WindowAdapter() {
            public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e )
            {
               System.exit( 0 );
            }
         }
      );
   }
}

Painter

// Painter.java
// Using class MouseMotionAdapter.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.*;

public class Painter extends JFrame {
   private int xValue = -10, yValue = -10;

   public Painter()
   {
      super( "A simple paint program" );

      getContentPane().add(
         new Label( "Drag the mouse to draw" ),
         BorderLayout.SOUTH );

      addMouseMotionListener(
         new MouseMotionAdapter() {
            public void mouseDragged( MouseEvent e )
            {
               xValue = e.getX();
               yValue = e.getY();
               repaint();
            }           
         }
      );

      setSize( 300, 150 );  
      show();   
   }

   public void paint( Graphics g )
   {
      g.fillOval( xValue, yValue, 4, 4 );
   }

   public static void main( String args[] )
   {
      Painter app = new Painter();

      app.addWindowListener(
         new WindowAdapter() {
            public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e )
            {
               System.exit( 0 );
            }
         }
      );
   }
}

Maintained by John Loomis, last updated 15 June 2000