This event indicates a mouse action occurred in a component. This low-level event is generated by a component object for MouseEvent and Mouse motion events.
- a mouse button is pressed
- a mouse button is released
- a mouse button is clicked (pressed and released)
- a mouse cursor enters the unobscured part of component’s geometry
- a mouse cursor exits the unobscured part of component’s geometry
- a mouse is moved
- the mouse is dragged
Class declaration
Following is the declaration for java.awt.event.MouseEvent class:
public class MouseEvent extends InputEvent
Field
Following are the fields for java.awt.event.MouseEvent class:
- static int BUTTON1 –Indicates mouse button #1; used by getButton()
- static int BUTTON2 –Indicates mouse button #2; used by getButton()
- static int BUTTON3 –Indicates mouse button #3; used by getButton()
- static int MOUSE_CLICKED –The “mouse clicked” event
- static int MOUSE_DRAGGED –The “mouse dragged” event
- static int MOUSE_ENTERED –The “mouse entered” event
- static int MOUSE_EXITED –The “mouse exited” event
- static int MOUSE_FIRST –The first number in the range of ids used for mouse events
- static int MOUSE_LAST — The last number in the range of ids used for mouse events
- static int MOUSE_MOVED –The “mouse moved” event
- static int MOUSE_PRESSED — The “mouse pressed” event
- static int MOUSE_RELEASED –The “mouse released” event
- static int MOUSE_WHEEL –The “mouse wheel” event
- static int NOBUTTON –Indicates no mouse buttons; used by getButton()
- static int VK_WINDOWS –Constant for the Microsoft Windows “Windows” key.
Class constructors
| S.N. | Constructor & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | MouseEvent(Component source, int id, long when, int modifiers, int x, int y, int clickCount, boolean popupTrigger)Constructs a MouseEvent object with the specified source component, type, modifiers, coordinates, and click count. |
| 2 | MouseEvent(Component source, int id, long when, int modifiers, int x, int y, int clickCount, boolean popupTrigger, int button)Constructs a MouseEvent object with the specified source component, type, modifiers, coordinates, and click count. |
| 3 | MouseEvent(Component source, int id, long when, int modifiers, int x, int y, int xAbs, int yAbs, int clickCount, boolean popupTrigger, int button)Constructs a MouseEvent object with the specified source component, type, modifiers, coordinates, absolute coordinates, and click count. |
Class methods
| S.N. | Method & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | int getButton()Returns which, if any, of the mouse buttons has changed state. |
| 2 | int getClickCount()Returns the number of mouse clicks associated with this event. |
| 3 | Point getLocationOnScreen()Returns the absolute x, y position of the event. |
| 4 | static String getMouseModifiersText(int modifiers)Returns a String describing the modifier keys and mouse buttons that were down during the event, such as “Shift”, or “Ctrl+Shift”. |
| 5 | Point getPoint()Returns the x,y position of the event relative to the source component. |
| 6 | int getX()Returns the horizontal x position of the event relative to the source component. |
| 7 | int getXOnScreen()Returns the absolute horizontal x position of the event. |
| 8 | int getY()Returns the vertical y position of the event relative to the source component. |
| 9 | int getYOnScreen()Returns the absolute vertical y position of the event. |
| 10 | boolean isPopupTrigger() Returns whether or not this mouse event is the popup menu trigger event for the platform. |
| 11 | String paramString()Returns a parameter string identifying this event. |
| 12 | void translatePoint(int x, int y)Translates the event’s coordinates to a new position by adding specified x (horizontal) and y (vertical) offsets. |
Methods inherited
This class inherits methods from the following classes:
- java.awt.event.InputEvent
- java.awt.event.ComponentEvent
- java.awt.AWTEvent
- java.util.EventObject
- java.lang.Object
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