inner class Mouse listener not working in MVC model

[Grant]

I'm using the Model View Controller design for a current project.

There is a grid (2D array) of JButtons that need a mouse listener adding to them, however when I have the mouse listener inside the controller it doesnt work (using a method called from the controller constructor that is in the view to add the listener to the grid).

Its the same way that I have added action listeners so I'm wondering if mouse listener's need to be added when the view is created.

If so how do you do that in the MVC design?

Cheers

[Fubarable]

I think it depends on how your code is set up, so perhaps there's no generic answer for this. Also, you don't really give me enough information to know exactly what you're doing (perhaps others can figure it out, but not me). You may wish to post an SSCCE for us to examine (please see the link).

Incidentally, why add a MouseListener to a JButton and not an ActionListener?

[Grant]

Thanks for your response, I had another look and found that I hadn't added the controller so it was never going to work whatever I did!

I've changed it now to use an extension of JPanels as they do the job much better!

Cheers