Class MouseMotionAdapter

java.lang.Object

java.awt.event.MouseMotionAdapter

All Implemented Interfaces:: MouseMotionListener, EventListener

Direct Known Subclasses:: BasicComboPopup.InvocationMouseMotionHandler, BasicComboPopup.ListMouseMotionHandler

public abstract class MouseMotionAdapter extends Object implements MouseMotionListener

An abstract adapter class for receiving mouse motion events. The methods in this class are empty. This class exists as convenience for creating listener objects.

Mouse motion events occur when a mouse is moved or dragged. (Many such events will be generated in a normal program. To track clicks and other mouse events, use the MouseAdapter.)

Extend this class to create a MouseEvent listener and override the methods for the events of interest. (If you implement the MouseMotionListener interface, you have to define all of the methods in it. This abstract class defines null methods for them all, so you can only have to define methods for events you care about.)

Create a listener object using the extended class and then register it with a component using the component's addMouseMotionListener method. When the mouse is moved or dragged, the relevant method in the listener object is invoked and the MouseEvent is passed to it.

Since:

1.1

See Also:

Constructor Summary

MouseMotionAdapter()

Modifier	Constructor	Description
`protected`	Constructs a `MouseMotionAdapter`.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`mouseDragged(MouseEvent e)`	Invoked when a mouse button is pressed on a component and then dragged.
`void`	`mouseMoved(MouseEvent e)`	Invoked when the mouse button has been moved on a component (with no buttons no down).

Methods declared in class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected Object`	`clone()`	Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)`	Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`protected void`	`finalize()`	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Finalization is deprecated and subject to removal in a future release.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()`	Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Returns a hash code value for this object.
`final void`	`notify()`	Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()`	Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()`	Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait()`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)`	Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

Constructor Details

MouseMotionAdapter

protected MouseMotionAdapter()

Constructs a MouseMotionAdapter.

Method Details

mouseDragged

public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e)

Invoked when a mouse button is pressed on a component and then dragged. Mouse drag events will continue to be delivered to the component where the first originated until the mouse button is released (regardless of whether the mouse position is within the bounds of the component).

Specified by:: mouseDragged in interface MouseMotionListener
Parameters:: e - the event to be processed

mouseMoved

public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e)

Invoked when the mouse button has been moved on a component (with no buttons no down).

Specified by:: mouseMoved in interface MouseMotionListener
Parameters:: e - the event to be processed

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