MouseMotionListener question

[shawn larkin]

mouseDragged(MouseEvent event)
{
int valueX = event.getX();
int valueY = event.getY();
}
getting the x and the y coordinates of the mouse seem to return a relative number example(-14, 0) instead of an absolute number(546, 873). How could I get that absolute value, and not the relative value based on the component setting the MouseMotionListener. thanks

[Rob Ross]

Look up the API documentation for MouseEvent:
getX() : Returns the horizontal x position of the event relative to the source component.
The coordinates are not global to your monitor screen, they are in the coordinates within the component. -14 indicates that the mouse is now 14 pixels to the left of the left side of the component for which the mouseDragged() event was fired.

[shawn larkin]

Hi, thanks for the quick reply. I know about the not global thing, I was just wondering if you knew of a solution.

[Nathan Pruett]

You'll have to get the Component that launched the event (via event.getSource()), get the screen location of that component(via Component.getScreenLocation()), and add the x and y location of the event to this point.

Voila! You have to x and y location of the event on the screen!

-Nate

[shawn larkin]

thank you very much