Question

I have a JPanel that has 2+ JLables on it, I would like to be able to grab a label then move it to a different location on the JPanel. How can I do that? The only things I can find on this are moving a label from component “A” to component “B”, nothing about moving it around on a Panel.

Answer 1

Here is what I wanted:

public class LayerItem extends JLabel{

    protected int lblYPt = 0;

    public LayerItem(JPanel layers){
        this.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter(){
            @Override
             public void mousePressed(MouseEvent evt){
                 lblMousePressed(evt);
             }
        });

        this.addMouseMotionListener(new MouseAdapter(){
            @Override
            public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent evt){
                lblMouseDragged(evt);
            }
        });
    }

    public void lblMousePressed(MouseEvent evt){
        lblYPt = evt.getY();
    }

    public void lblMouseDragged(MouseEvent evt){
        Component parent = evt.getComponent().getParent();
        Point mouse = parent.getMousePosition();
        try{
            if(mouse.y - lblYPt >= 30){
                this.setBounds(0, mouse.y - lblYPt, 198, 50);
            }
        }catch(Exception e){
        }
    }
}