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| Chapter 20 The java.awt.event Package |

## 20.21 java.awt.event.MouseEvent (JDK 1.1)

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An event of this type indicates that the user has moved the mouse or pressed one of the mouse buttons.

Call `getID()` to determine the specific type of mouse event that has occurred. This method returns one of the following seven constants, which corresponds to a method in either the `MouseListener` or `MouseMotionListener` interface.

`MOUSE_PRESSED`

The user has pressed a mouse button.

`MOUSE_RELEASED`

The user has released a mouse button.

`MOUSE_CLICKED`

The user has pressed and released a mouse button without any intervening mouse drag.

`MOUSE_DRAGGED`

The user has moved the mouse while holding a button down

`MOUSE_MOVED`

The user has moved the mouse without holding any buttons down.

`MOUSE_ENTERED`

The mouse pointer has entered the component. `MOUSE_EXITED`

The mouse pointer has left the component

Use `getX()` and `getY()` or `getPoint()` to obtain the coordinates of the mouse event. Use `translatePoint()` to modify these coordinates by a specified amount.

Use `getModifiers()` and other methods and constants inherited from `InputEvent` to determine the mouse button or keyboard modifiers that were down when the event occurred. See `InputEvent` for details. Note that mouse button modifiers are not reported for `MOUSE_RELEASED` events, since, technically, the mouse button in question is no longer pressed. This can be surprising.

Use `getComponent()`, inherited from `ComponentEvent`, to determine over which component the event occurred.

For mouse events of type `MOUSE_CLICKED`, `MOUSE_PRESSED`, or `MOUSE_RELEASED`, call `getClickCount()` to determine how many consecutive clicks have occurred.

If you are using popup menus, use `isPopupTrigger()` to test whether the current event represents the standard platform-dependent popup menu trigger event.

    public class MouseEvent extends InputEvent {
        // Public Constructor
                public MouseEvent(Component source, int id, long when, int modifiers, int x, int y,
                public MouseEvent'u'int clickCount, boolean popupTrigger);
        // Constants
                public static final int MOUSE_CLICKED;
                public static final int MOUSE_DRAGGED;
                public static final int MOUSE_ENTERED;
                public static final int MOUSE_EXITED;
                public static final int MOUSE_FIRST;
                public static final int MOUSE_LAST;
                public static final int MOUSE_MOVED;
                public static final int MOUSE_PRESSED;
                public static final int MOUSE_RELEASED;
        // Public Instance Methods
                public int getClickCount();
                public Point getPoint();
                public int getX();
                public int getY();
                public boolean isPopupTrigger();
                public String paramString();  // Overrides ComponentEvent
                public synchronized void translatePoint(int x, int y);
    }

### Hierarchy:

`Object->EventObject(Serializable)->AWTEvent->ComponentEvent->InputEvent->MouseEvent`

### Passed To:

`AWTEventMulticaster.mouseClicked(), AWTEventMulticaster.mouseDragged(), AWTEventMulticaster.mouseEntered(), AWTEventMulticaster.mouseExited(), AWTEventMulticaster.mouseMoved(), AWTEventMulticaster.mousePressed(), AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(), Component.processMouseEvent(), Component.processMouseMotionEvent(), MouseAdapter.mouseClicked(), MouseAdapter.mouseEntered(), MouseAdapter.mouseExited(), MouseAdapter.mousePressed(), MouseAdapter.mouseReleased(), MouseListener.mouseClicked(), MouseListener.mouseEntered(), MouseListener.mouseExited(), MouseListener.mousePressed(), MouseListener.mouseReleased(), MouseMotionAdapter.mouseDragged(), MouseMotionAdapter.mouseMoved(), MouseMotionListener.mouseDragged(), MouseMotionListener.mouseMoved()`

java.awt.event.MouseAdapter (JDK 1.1) |  | java.awt.event.MouseListener (JDK 1.1)