org.eclipse.swt.events

Class MouseEvent

java.lang.Object

SWTEventObject

org.eclipse.swt.events.TypedEvent

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

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
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

Constructors

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
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