Event Convenience Methods

The method Component.handleEvent calls a number of convenience methods that you can override to handle the associated event:

• action. A Component was triggered.
• mouseEnter. Mouse has moved over the Component.
• mouseExit. Mouse has left the Component.
• mouseMove. Mouse has moved without mouse button down.
• mouseDown. Mouse button pushed down.
• mouseDrag. Mouse moved with mouse button down.
• mouseUp. Mouse button released.
• keyDown. Key was pressed down.
• keyUp. Key was released.
• gotFocus. Component has the input focus.
• lostFocus. Component lost the input focus.

See the API specification of Event and Component for complete method specifications. Also, for a more in-depth study, see Event handling.