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org.eclipse.swt.events
Class MouseEvent

java.lang.Object
  extended by SWTEventObject
      extended by org.eclipse.swt.events.TypedEvent
          extended by org.eclipse.swt.events.MouseEvent
Direct Known Subclasses:
DragDetectEvent

public class MouseEvent
extends TypedEvent

Instances of this class are sent whenever mouse related actions occur. This includes mouse buttons being pressed and released, the mouse pointer being moved and the mouse pointer crossing widget boundaries.

Note: The button field is an integer that represents the mouse button number. This is not the same as the SWT mask constants BUTTONx.

Since:
1.1
See Also:
MouseListener, MouseMoveListener, MouseTrackListener

Field Summary
 int button
          the button that was pressed or released; 1 for the first button, 2 for the second button, and 3 for the third button, etc.
 int count
          the number times the mouse has been clicked, as defined by the operating system; 1 for the first click, 2 for the second click and so on.
 int stateMask
          the state of the keyboard modifier keys at the time the event was generated
 int x
          the widget-relative, x coordinate of the pointer at the time the mouse button was pressed or released
 int y
          the widget-relative, y coordinate of the pointer at the time the mouse button was pressed or released
 
Fields inherited from class org.eclipse.swt.events.TypedEvent
data, display, time, widget
 
Constructor Summary
MouseEvent(Event event)
          Constructs a new instance of this class based on the information in the given untyped event.
 
Method Summary
 java.lang.String toString()
          Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the receiver.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

button

public int button
the button that was pressed or released; 1 for the first button, 2 for the second button, and 3 for the third button, etc.


stateMask

public int stateMask
the state of the keyboard modifier keys at the time the event was generated

Since:
1.3

x

public int x
the widget-relative, x coordinate of the pointer at the time the mouse button was pressed or released


y

public int y
the widget-relative, y coordinate of the pointer at the time the mouse button was pressed or released


count

public int count
the number times the mouse has been clicked, as defined by the operating system; 1 for the first click, 2 for the second click and so on.

Since:
2.0
Constructor Detail

MouseEvent

public MouseEvent(Event event)
Constructs a new instance of this class based on the information in the given untyped event.

Parameters:
event - the untyped event containing the information
Since:
1.2
Method Detail

toString

public java.lang.String toString()
Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of the receiver.

Overrides:
toString in class TypedEvent
Returns:
a string representation of the event

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