I have a grid layout with image nodes and I want to add in my application the dnd functionality, for example when I drag and drop an image node to an target JPanel make some actions for example show in original size, delete etc. I have achieve this with to ways one with transferhandler and one with the DropTargets, DragSource etc.But I have two questions and I want to discuss them with you.
a)Which of the two ways it’s better to use? I understand that the second way give me more features than the TransferHandler and the first it’s simplest to use. But I can do my work both of these ways, there is a more effective of two, or it’s all about what I prefer to code.
b)While the dragging occurs I want to display an image near the cursor. The first though I make is to use the glassPane of the JFrame and create a JCompoment which paints proper image and follow the cursor.Can I make it with this way? After this I see in the documentation that the startDrag method of the DragSource get an dragImage argument, is this for the reason I want, I try to pass an Image but I not see any results.
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For the second question (b) I tried with the glasspane but I have problem in the interworking between java DND and my listeners for display the image thumb in the glasspane. each time only one of them work properly.
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More Specifically the mouseDragged event not fired when I have already call the startDrag() method
Thank you for your time.
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Finally, I find the solution myself.
If anyone has the same problem I say that the point is that after the startDrag() method fired all the mouseDraged events goes to dragMouseMoved()(from DragSourceMotionListener) and I make the error to use also the “void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e)” from the MouseMotionListener.