java.awt.event

Interface MouseListener

All Superinterfaces:
EventListener
Known Subinterfaces:
MouseInputListener
Known Implementing Classes:
AWTEventMulticaster, BasicButtonListener, BasicComboPopup.InvocationMouseHandler, BasicComboPopup.ListMouseHandler, BasicDesktopIconUI.MouseInputHandler, BasicFileChooserUI.DoubleClickListener, BasicInternalFrameUI.BorderListener, BasicInternalFrameUI.GlassPaneDispatcher, BasicListUI.MouseInputHandler, BasicMenuItemUI.MouseInputHandler, BasicMenuUI.MouseInputHandler, BasicScrollBarUI.ArrowButtonListener, BasicScrollBarUI.TrackListener, BasicSliderUI.TrackListener, BasicSplitPaneDivider.MouseHandler, BasicTabbedPaneUI.MouseHandler, BasicTableHeaderUI.MouseInputHandler, BasicTableUI.MouseInputHandler, BasicTextUI.BasicCaret, BasicToolBarUI.DockingListener, BasicTreeUI.MouseHandler, BasicTreeUI.MouseInputHandler, DefaultCaret, FormView.MouseEventListener, GtkMouseDragGestureRecognizer, HTMLEditorKit.LinkController, MetalFileChooserUI.SingleClickListener, MetalToolBarUI.MetalDockingListener, MouseAdapter, MouseDragGestureRecognizer, MouseInputAdapter, ToolTipManager

public interface MouseListener
extends EventListener

This interface is for classes that wish to receive mouse events other than simple motion events. This includes clicks (but not mouse wheel events), and crossing component boundaries without change in button status. To track moves and drags, use MouseMotionListener, and to track wheel events, use MouseWheelListener. To watch a subset of these events, use a MouseAdapter.
Since:
1.1
See Also:
MouseAdapter, MouseEvent

Method Summary

void
mouseClicked(MouseEvent event)
This method is called when the mouse is clicked (pressed and released in short succession) on a component.
void
mouseEntered(MouseEvent event)
This method is called when the mouse enters a component.
void
mouseExited(MouseEvent event)
This method is called when the mouse exits a component.
void
mousePressed(MouseEvent event)
This method is called when the mouse is pressed over a component.
void
mouseReleased(MouseEvent event)
This method is called when the mouse is released over a component.

Method Details

mouseClicked

public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent event)
This method is called when the mouse is clicked (pressed and released in short succession) on a component.
Parameters:
event - the MouseEvent indicating the click

mouseEntered

public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent event)
This method is called when the mouse enters a component.
Parameters:
event - the MouseEvent for the entry

mouseExited

public void mouseExited(MouseEvent event)
This method is called when the mouse exits a component.
Parameters:
event - the MouseEvent for the exit

mousePressed

public void mousePressed(MouseEvent event)
This method is called when the mouse is pressed over a component.
Parameters:
event - the MouseEvent for the press

mouseReleased

public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent event)
This method is called when the mouse is released over a component.
Parameters:
event - the MouseEvent for the release

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