Question

I was wondering, how does a Swing component know where the mouse is and when it is clicked, and how could I use that in my own class, without having to add a new mouse listener every time i want to add an object to a new panel?

EDIT:
Im extending JComponent and I want to get an event method called when the mouse moves
EDIT2:
Got it working now thanks everyone!

Answer 1

Add an actionlistener to your JButton and it will tell you when its been clicked like so:

someButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
         //the button was pressed and do your stuff here.
    }
}