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This event indicates a mouse action occurred in a component. This low-level event is generated by a component object for Mouse Events 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.