Help with drag from panel

[fernando]

Hi, I like this code for "DragPictureDemo", Drag and Drop and Data Transfer: Examples (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI with JFC/Swing > Drag and Drop and Data Transfer)

Web Demo: DragPictureDemo

My question is:
I have two panels, 1 on top, 1 at the bottom,
I need to drag and drop the images from the top to the bottom panel, do not allow to drag images from bottom to top, But the main image on the top panel is not removed (cannot cut), so all actions are "COPY" to bottom panel, no need to hold the CTL button.
I cannot get it to work.
Thanks.

[baltimore]

Well actually, I found a solution to this already..

I make a Jlabel and add the mouse motion and drop listeners, then it the drop listener is fired and is found to be in a target (in this case another panel), I create a jlabel at runtime and place it in the other panel..

The only thing left is the ability for it to 'snap' into the the desired grid on the panel.. but I think i can manage that..

[hardwired]

Changes in PictureTransferHandler:

Code:

    public int getSourceActions(JComponent c) {
        return COPY;
    }

Changes in DTPicture class:

Code:

    public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
        //Don't bother to drag if the component displays no image.
        if (image == null) return;

        if (firstMouseEvent != null) {
            e.consume();

            int action = TransferHandler.COPY;

            int dx = Math.abs(e.getX() - firstMouseEvent.getX());
            int dy = Math.abs(e.getY() - firstMouseEvent.getY());
            //Arbitrarily define a 5-pixel shift as the
            //official beginning of a drag.
            if (dx > 5 || dy > 5) {
                //This is a drag, not a click.
                JComponent c = (JComponent)e.getSource();
                TransferHandler handler = c.getTransferHandler();
                //Tell the transfer handler to initiate the drag.
                handler.exportAsDrag(c, firstMouseEvent, action);
                firstMouseEvent = null;
            }
        }
    }