Difficulties with component events

[DeMarcus]

Hi,

How can I detect mouseclicks outside my component
without having to know about all other components
existing?

Thanks.
Daniel

 

[DeMarcus]

Hi,

How can I detect mouseclicks outside my component
without having to know about all other components
existing?

Thanks.
Daniel

I found some interesting way of detecting the mouse
clicks with the following code.

getRootPane().getGlassPane().setVisible( true );
getRootPane().getGlassPane().addMouseListener( this );

But now that glassPane steals every mouse event. I just
wanna snoop the events. Does anyone have an idea how
I forward the events to where they belong?

 

[John C. Bollinger]

I found some interesting way of detecting the mouse
clicks with the following code.

getRootPane().getGlassPane().setVisible( true );
getRootPane().getGlassPane().addMouseListener( this );

But now that glassPane steals every mouse event. I just
wanna snoop the events. Does anyone have an idea how
I forward the events to where they belong?

You cannot easily "forward" events the way I think you mean. It is much
more straightforward to allow the correct component to generate the
correct event in the first place. You might instead consider
JFrame.getTookit().addAWTEventListener(), which I think will let you do
what you want with much less hassle.


John Bollinger
(e-mail address removed)

 

[DeMarcus]

You cannot easily "forward" events the way I think you mean. It is much
more straightforward to allow the correct component to generate the
correct event in the first place. You might instead consider
JFrame.getTookit().addAWTEventListener(), which I think will let you do
what you want with much less hassle.


John Bollinger
(e-mail address removed)

Great Thanks!
One could say that was _exactly_ what I was looking for.
Thanks.