Curser invisibility and positioning.

[Edward Nunez]

Hey guys, is there a simple way to hide the mouse cursor?

Also, the e.getX()/Y() methods in my mouse listeners always spit out the position of the mouse relative to window instead of the entire screen. Is there a way to flip that or at least a way to track the movement of my window on my screen? Another acceptable fix for me would be to have my Robot object's mouseMouse(x,y) method move my mouse to a position (x,y) relative to the window instead of the entire screen.

[Rob Camick]

the e.getX()/Y() methods in my mouse listeners always spit out the position of the mouse relative to window instead of the entire screen.

You can:

1. add the location of the Window to the X/Y values
2. use the getLocationOnScreen() method of the Component class
3. use the MouseInfo class

is there a simple way to hide the mouse cursor?

Image image = new BufferedImage(16, 16, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Cursor transparentCursor = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createCustomCursor(image, new Point(0, 0), "invisiblecursor");
setCursor(transparentCursor);

[Edward Nunez]

Much obliged, Rob.