/* * MouseWheelEventDemo.java requires no other files. */ import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.event.MouseWheelEvent; import java.awt.event.MouseWheelListener; public class MouseWheelEventDemo extends JPanel implements MouseWheelListener { JTextArea textArea; JScrollPane scrollPane; final static String newline = "\n"; public MouseWheelEventDemo() { super(new BorderLayout()); textArea = new JTextArea(); textArea.setEditable(false); scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea); scrollPane.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy( JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS); scrollPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 250)); add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); textArea.append("This text area displays information " + "about its mouse wheel events." + newline); //Register for mouse-wheel events on the text area. textArea.addMouseWheelListener(this); setPreferredSize(new Dimension(450, 350)); setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(20,20,20,20)); } public void mouseWheelMoved(MouseWheelEvent e) { String message; int notches = e.getWheelRotation(); if (notches < 0) { message = "Mouse wheel moved UP " + -notches + " notch(es)" + newline; } else { message = "Mouse wheel moved DOWN " + notches + " notch(es)" + newline; } if (e.getScrollType() == MouseWheelEvent.WHEEL_UNIT_SCROLL) { message += " Scroll type: WHEEL_UNIT_SCROLL" + newline; message += " Scroll amount: " + e.getScrollAmount() + " unit increments per notch" + newline; message += " Units to scroll: " + e.getUnitsToScroll() + " unit increments" + newline; message += " Vertical unit increment: " + scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().getUnitIncrement(1) + " pixels" + newline; } else { //scroll type == MouseWheelEvent.WHEEL_BLOCK_SCROLL message += " Scroll type: WHEEL_BLOCK_SCROLL" + newline; message += " Vertical block increment: " + scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().getBlockIncrement(1) + " pixels" + newline; } saySomething(message, e); } //Append to the text area and make sure the new text is visible. void saySomething(String eventDescription, MouseWheelEvent e) { textArea.append(e.getComponent().getClass().getName() + ": " + eventDescription); textArea.setCaretPosition(textArea.getDocument().getLength()); } /** * Create the GUI and show it. For thread safety, * this method should be invoked from the * event-dispatching thread. */ private static void createAndShowGUI() { //Create and set up the window. JFrame frame = new JFrame("MouseWheelEventDemo"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); //Create and set up the content pane. JComponent newContentPane = new MouseWheelEventDemo(); newContentPane.setOpaque(true); //content panes must be opaque frame.setContentPane(newContentPane); //Display the window. frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } public static void main(String[] args) { //Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread: //creating and showing this application's GUI. javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() { public void run() { createAndShowGUI(); } }); } }