Adding mouseListener directly to JScrollPane

[stormbind]

Hello everyone,

I tried something like the following and it compiles but doesn't doSomething().

JScrollPane a;
...
a.addMouseListener(new MouseListener(){
  public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent m){
    doSomething();
  }
  ...
}

I would like to doSomething() while a user is scrolling through text and JScrollPane documentation doesn't explicitly state how this is done.

Thank you very much.

--Glen

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[stormbind]

Alright, it works with some changes:

a.getVerticalScrollBar().addMouseMotionListener(...)

Now for the tricky part: My application is not calling doSomething() immediately - sometimes I need to wriggle the pointer to fire the event!

That is something for which I would really appreciate a tip.

--Glen

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[stormbind]

Solved.

Isn't it cool how writing to yourself helps your thinking?! :/

--Glen

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[Diancecht]

And it's also cool to post your own solutions to help others ...

Cheers,
Dian

 

[stormbind]

Oh... well the solution was not clever enough to share

I attached doSomething() to both mouseDragged and mouseMoved listeners. It worked smoother with just one or the other, which is all I really needed.

--Glen

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