Wanted: example mouse coordinates->world coordinates

[Siegfried Heintze]

Can soneome show me a little example that uses JScrollpane and converts mouse coordinates to world coordinates using the MouseListener observer?

I'm trying to implement hit testing with JScrollPane and I don't understand the coordinates I'm getting from the MouseListener. Do I have to interogate JScrollpane for the position of the scrollbars to learn how to transform mouse coordinates into world coordinates or is the MouseLister already doing that for me?
Thanks,
Siegfried

[Craig Wood]

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
 
public class Conversion {
    JLabel panelX, panelY, convertedX, convertedY;
 
    private JScrollPane getCenter(final Component c) {
        JPanel panel = new JPanel();
        panel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500,500));
        panel.addMouseMotionListener(new MouseMotionAdapter() {
            public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
                Point p = e.getPoint();
                panelX.setText(String.valueOf(p.x));
                panelY.setText(String.valueOf(p.y));
                Point dest = SwingUtilities.convertPoint(e.getComponent(), p, c);
                convertedX.setText(String.valueOf(dest.x));
                convertedY.setText(String.valueOf(dest.y));
            }
        });
        return new JScrollPane(panel);
    }
 
    private JPanel getLabels() {
        panelX = new JLabel(" ");
        panelY = new JLabel();
        convertedX = new JLabel();
        convertedY = new JLabel();
        Dimension d = panelX.getPreferredSize();
        d.width = 45;
        JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
        GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
        gbc.insets = new Insets(2,2,2,2);
        gbc.fill = gbc.HORIZONTAL;
        panel.add(new JLabel("panel:", JLabel.RIGHT), gbc);
        gbc.fill = gbc.NONE;
        gbc.weightx = 1.0;
        addComponents(new JLabel("x"), panelX, panel, gbc, d);
        addComponents(new JLabel("y"), panelY, panel, gbc, d);
        gbc.gridy = 1;
        gbc.weightx = 0;
        gbc.fill = gbc.HORIZONTAL;
        panel.add(new JLabel("converted:"), gbc);
        gbc.fill = gbc.NONE;
        gbc.weightx = 1.0;
        addComponents(new JLabel("x"), convertedX, panel, gbc, d);
        addComponents(new JLabel("y"), convertedY, panel, gbc, d);
        return panel;
    }
 
    private void addComponents(JComponent c1, JComponent c2, Container c,
                               GridBagConstraints gbc, Dimension d) {
        gbc.anchor = gbc.EAST;
        c.add(c1, gbc);
        c2.setPreferredSize(d);
        gbc.anchor = gbc.WEST;
        c.add(c2, gbc);
    }
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Conversion test = new Conversion();
        JFrame f = new JFrame();
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        f.getContentPane().add(test.getCenter(f));
        f.getContentPane().add(test.getLabels(), "Last");
        f.setSize(400,400);
        f.setLocation(200,200);
        f.setVisible(true);
    }
}

[Siegfried Heintze]

(1) How do I draw a little circle at the current mouse location? Here is my attempt and it is not working.

(2) Also, when I have not moved the scroll bars yet, why are not the pre and post conversion coordinates identical?

(3) Can you explain the argument to getCenter? Is this argument implicitly a data member because it is declared final? I have never seen this in a java tutorial before. Does this feature have a name?

Thanks again!
Siegfried

/*
 * Demonstrate conversion from mouse coordinates to JScrollPane Coordinates
 *
 * $Log: Conversion.java,v $
 * Revision 1.3  2006/11/12 19:04:54  siegfried
 * add grid
 *
 * Revision 1.1  2006/11/12 18:41:54  siegfried
 * original
 *
 *
 * Original written by Craig Wood
 * [url=https://coderanch.com/t/343863/GUI/java/Wanted-example-mouse-coordinates-world]https://coderanch.com/t/343863/GUI/java/Wanted-example-mouse-coordinates-world[/url]
 * posted November 09, 2006 08:22 PM 
 * 
 * Begin commands to execute this file using Java with bash
 * export CLASSPATH=.
 * javac -g Conversion.java
 * java Conversion
 * End commands to execute this file using Java with bash
 *
 */
 
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D;
import java.util.ArrayList;
 
import javax.swing.*;
 
public class Conversion {
    JLabel panelX, panelY, convertedX, convertedY;
    ArrayList<Shape> m_shapes = new ArrayList<Shape>();
    int r = 2;
    Point dest;
    private JScrollPane getCenter(final Component c) {
JPanel panel = new JPanel() {
{
    setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 500));
    addMouseMotionListener(new MouseMotionAdapter() {
    public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
Point p = e.getPoint();
panelX.setText(String.valueOf(p.x));
panelY.setText(String.valueOf(p.y));
dest = SwingUtilities.convertPoint(e .getComponent(), p, c);
convertedX.setText(String.valueOf(dest.x));
convertedY.setText(String.valueOf(dest.y));
    }
});
    addMouseListener(new MouseListener(){
    Point mldst;
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {}
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
Point p = e.getPoint();
mldst = SwingUtilities.convertPoint(e .getComponent(), p, c);
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)getGraphics();
Ellipse2D.Double c;
m_shapes.add(c = new Ellipse2D.Double(mldst.x-r,mldst.y-r,2*r, 2*r));
g2.draw(c);
convertedX.setText(String.valueOf(mldst.x));
convertedY.setText(String.valueOf(mldst.y));
}
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent arg0) {
convertedX.setText(String.valueOf(dest.x));
convertedY.setText(String.valueOf(dest.y));
}
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent arg0) {}
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent arg0) {}});
}
protected void drawCross(Graphics2D g2, int x, int y, int size){
g2.drawLine(x-size,y,x+size,y);
g2.drawLine(x,y+size,x, y-size);
}
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
for (int ii = 50; ii < 600; ii += 50) {
for (int jj = 50; jj < 600; jj += 50) {
if(jj%400==0 || ii%400==0 || jj == 50 || ii == 50)
g2.drawString("" + (ii == 50 ? "" : "" + ii + ",") + (jj == 50 ? "" : "" + jj), ii, jj);
drawCross(g2, ii, jj, 3);
}
}
for(Shape s : m_shapes){
g2.draw(s);
}
}
};
return new JScrollPane(panel);
    }
 
    private JPanel getLabels() {
        panelX = new JLabel(" ");
        panelY = new JLabel();
        convertedX = new JLabel();
        convertedY = new JLabel();
        Dimension d = panelX.getPreferredSize();
        d.width = 45;
        JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
        GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
        gbc.insets = new Insets(2,2,2,2);
        gbc.fill = gbc.HORIZONTAL;
        panel.add(new JLabel("panel:", JLabel.RIGHT), gbc);
        gbc.fill = gbc.NONE;
        gbc.weightx = 1.0;
        addComponents(new JLabel("x"), panelX, panel, gbc, d);
        addComponents(new JLabel("y"), panelY, panel, gbc, d);
        gbc.gridy = 1;
        gbc.weightx = 0;
        gbc.fill = gbc.HORIZONTAL;
        panel.add(new JLabel("converted:"), gbc);
        gbc.fill = gbc.NONE;
        gbc.weightx = 1.0;
        addComponents(new JLabel("x"), convertedX, panel, gbc, d);
        addComponents(new JLabel("y"), convertedY, panel, gbc, d);
        return panel;
    }
 
    private void addComponents(JComponent c1, JComponent c2, Container c,
                               GridBagConstraints gbc, Dimension d) {
        gbc.anchor = gbc.EAST;
        c.add(c1, gbc);
        c2.setPreferredSize(d);
        gbc.anchor = gbc.WEST;
        c.add(c2, gbc);
    }
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Conversion test = new Conversion();
        JFrame f = new JFrame();
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        f.getContentPane().add(test.getCenter(f));
        f.getContentPane().add(test.getLabels(), "Last");
        f.setSize(400,400);
        f.setLocation(200,200);
        f.setVisible(true);
    }
}

[Siegfried Heintze]

Forgot #4:
(4) When I scroll to the right and scroll back left, the panel (my grid) is not redrawn correctly.

Siegfried

[Siegfried Heintze]

Woops -- could issue #4 be the same problem Craig Woods already addressed when he told me to use g2.draw(at.createTransformedShape(shape[ii])); instead of g2.transform(at);?

I think so. I wish sun would fix that bug. Maybe I'll try another jvm like ibm's jikes.
Siegfried

[Craig Wood]

The Points dest and mldst are the same. The convertPoint arguments are the same for each
one. All you need, so far, is mouse coordinates in the panel coordinate system. I included
the converted point (converted to the JFrame coordinate system) for illustration. It isn't
really useful in this app.
In response to your questions:
1 — in mousePressed Point p is the mouse position on the JPanel panel. We know this
because we added the MouseListener to panel so it must report coordinates in the panel
coordinate system. To place a circle at the mouse location we center a new Ellipse2D over
the mouse point obtained from the MouseEvent in mousePressed.

2 — the two points are in different coordinate systems: the MouseEvents are
reporting locations in the panel coordinate system, the converted point is in the JFrame
coordinate system. So the x and y values should differ by the difference in sizes of the
frame and the child component panel. This difference is the sum of the insets of all
parents of panel: JScrollPane, contentPane, JFrame. Console shows this when code is run.

3 — this is required by the compiler. Removing the final modifier results in this
compiler error:

C:\jexp>javac conversion2.java
conversion2.java:22: local variable c is accessed from within inner class; needs
 to be declared final
                        dest = SwingUtilities.convertPoint(e.getComponent(), p,
c);
 
^
1 error

The argument type is Component (superclass of JFrame); selected because Component is the
type required in the convertPoint method. This counts as an implicit cast. It could just
as easily have been JFrame, Frame or Window.
I don't know if there is a name for this use of final.
4 — I do not see any difference before/after scrolling left/right.

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.swing.*;
 
public class Conversion2 {
    JLabel panelX, panelY, convertedX, convertedY;
    ArrayList<Shape> m_shapes = new ArrayList<Shape>();
    int r = 2;
    Point dest;
 
    private JScrollPane getCenter(final Component c) {
        JPanel panel = new JPanel() {
            {
                setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 500));
                addMouseMotionListener(new MouseMotionAdapter() {
                    public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
                        Point p = e.getPoint();
                        panelX.setText(String.valueOf(p.x));
                        panelY.setText(String.valueOf(p.y));
                        dest = SwingUtilities.convertPoint(e.getComponent(), p, c);
                        convertedX.setText(String.valueOf(dest.x));
                        convertedY.setText(String.valueOf(dest.y));
                    }
                });
                addMouseListener(new MouseListener() {
                    public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {}
                    public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
                        Point p = e.getPoint();
                        m_shapes.add(new Ellipse2D.Double(p.x-r,p.y-r,2*r, 2*r));
                        repaint();
                    }
                    public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent arg0) {
                        convertedX.setText(String.valueOf(dest.x));
                        convertedY.setText(String.valueOf(dest.y));
                    }
                    public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent arg0) {}
                    public void mouseExited(MouseEvent arg0) {}
                });
            }
 
            protected void drawCross(Graphics2D g2, int x, int y, int size) {
                g2.drawLine(x-size,y,x+size,y);
                g2.drawLine(x,y+size,x, y-size);
            }
 
            protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
                super.paintComponent(g);
                Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g;
                for (int ii = 50; ii < 600; ii += 50) {
                    for (int jj = 50; jj < 600; jj += 50) {
                        if(jj%400==0 || ii%400==0 || jj == 50 || ii == 50)
                            g2.drawString("" + (ii == 50 ? "" : "" + ii + ",") +
                                               (jj == 50 ? "" : "" + jj), ii, jj);
                        drawCross(g2, ii, jj, 3);
                    }
                }
                for(Shape s : m_shapes) {
                    g2.draw(s);
                }
            }
        };
        System.out.printf("%21s%s%n", "panel insets = ", panel.getInsets());
        JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(panel);
        System.out.printf("%21s%s%n", "scrollPane insets = ", scrollPane.getInsets());
        return scrollPane;
    }
 
    private JPanel getLabels() {
        panelX = new JLabel(" ");
        panelY = new JLabel();
        convertedX = new JLabel();
        convertedY = new JLabel();
        Dimension d = panelX.getPreferredSize();
        d.width = 45;
        JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
        GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
        gbc.insets = new Insets(2,2,2,2);
        gbc.fill = gbc.HORIZONTAL;
        panel.add(new JLabel("panel:", JLabel.RIGHT), gbc);
        gbc.fill = gbc.NONE;
        gbc.weightx = 1.0;
        addComponents(new JLabel("x"), panelX, panel, gbc, d);
        addComponents(new JLabel("y"), panelY, panel, gbc, d);
        gbc.gridy = 1;
        gbc.weightx = 0;
        gbc.fill = gbc.HORIZONTAL;
        panel.add(new JLabel("converted:"), gbc);
        gbc.fill = gbc.NONE;
        gbc.weightx = 1.0;
        addComponents(new JLabel("x"), convertedX, panel, gbc, d);
        addComponents(new JLabel("y"), convertedY, panel, gbc, d);
        return panel;
    }
 
    private void addComponents(JComponent c1, JComponent c2, Container c,
        GridBagConstraints gbc, Dimension d) {
        gbc.anchor = gbc.EAST;
        c.add(c1, gbc);
        c2.setPreferredSize(d);
        gbc.anchor = gbc.WEST;
        c.add(c2, gbc);
    }
 
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Conversion2 test = new Conversion2();
        JFrame f = new JFrame();
        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        System.out.printf("%21s%s%n", "contentPane insets = ",
                           f.getContentPane().getInsets());
        f.getContentPane().add(test.getCenter(f));
        f.getContentPane().add(test.getLabels(), "Last");
        f.setSize(400,400);
        f.setLocation(200,200);
        f.setVisible(true);
        System.out.printf("%21s%s%n", "frame insets = ", f.getInsets());
    }
}

[Siegfried Heintze]

Yipee! that works! Now I just have to figure out why drawing tiny circles with the mouse does not work in the GraphicsOnly.java I have tried to enhance.

But I have another question:

Suppose I want to implement a location or context map that is always down in the extreme lower right hand corner that never scrolls off. You have probably seen them: they display the entire map and then show a rectangle that moves around in that map as you pan and zoom.

Does swing have a feature to support this? Perhaps there is a plane I can write to that is immune to the scroll bars?

Thanks,
Siegfried