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org.eclipse.swt.events
Class MouseEvent

java.lang.Object
  java.util.EventObject
      org.eclipse.swt.internal.SWTEventObject
          org.eclipse.swt.events.TypedEvent
              org.eclipse.swt.events.MouseEvent

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public final 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.

See Also:

MouseListener, MouseMoveListener, MouseTrackListener, Serialized Form

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	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

Fields inherited from class java.util.EventObject

source

Constructor Summary

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

Method Summary

String

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

Methods inherited from class java.util.EventObject

getSource

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

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

Constructor Detail

MouseEvent

public MouseEvent(Event e)

Constructs a new instance of this class based on the information in the given untyped event.

Parameters:

e - the untyped event containing the information

Method Detail

toString

public 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