Question

I have a program that uses the following code:

public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
    mousex = e.getX();
    mousey = e.getY();

    if(mousex >= 700) {
        try {
            Robot robot = new Robot();

            robot.mouseMove(0, 0);
        } catch (AWTException e1) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e1.printStackTrace();
        }

    }
    if(mousex <= 100) {
        Robot robot;
        try {
            robot = new Robot();
            robot.mouseMove(0, 0);
        } catch (AWTException e1) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e1.printStackTrace();
        }

    }
}

All of it works fine except one thing. It sets the position of the cursor on the screen not the jframe. Also, when i say if(mousex >= 700) it also gets it from the screen. I need to know how to change it to be of the jframe instead. Thanks.

Answer 1

Get the location of the JFrame on the Screen and simply translate your mouse position accordingly. All objects that extend Components, including JFrame, have the method getLocationOnScreen(). So again, use this method, get the location of the JFrame and then find the relative locations of the mouse, both where it is, and where you want it.

This can be solved with grade school algebra.

Edit
You may wish to create your Robot object just once and simply use the object when needed rather than re-creating it each time.