[SOLVED] MouseMotion Issues

[lordbob75]

Ok so I am still just learning JAVA programming, but I do have some experience with programs. I am attempting to write an Applet that has a rectangle or something follow the mouse around. I have not actually gotten a whole lot written yet, just like 20 lines or so.

What i am having problems with (this is probably really simple...) is getting the mousemotionlistener to work. This is the code i have so far. I will underline where the errors are.


import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseMotionListener;
import javax.swing.JApplet;
import javax.swing.JFrame;


public class moveTest extends JApplet implements MouseMotionListener
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
JFrame mover = new JFrame();
mover.addMouseMotionListener(f);
mover.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOS E);
mover.setSize(400,400);
mover.setLocation(200,200);
mover.setVisible(true);
}

public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub

}

public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub

}
}

how do i fix this error? I am sure i need to put something in place of f. i just dont know what

[Fubarable]

Well, the method is called "addMouseMotionListener". So it makes sense (at least to me) that "f" should be a MouseMotionListener object, right? If I were in your shoes and I didn't know much about this animal, I'd go to the Sun tutorials, press the "Really Big Index" button and search on how to write listeners. There you will find your answer and more. Good luck!

[lordbob75]

well in my experience, the java sun tutorials are next to useless. I will give it a shot though; you never know.

[Fubarable]

well in my experience, the java sun tutorials are next to useless. I will give it a shot though; you never know.

They may seem useless at first, but with time, as you gain more knowledge, you will find them to be nearly indispensable. The only way to get to this level is to keep at it, to keep studying them. Do this and you will thank me later.

[lordbob75]

Well thanks for the tips. I haven't had a chance to work on it since Thursday (school) but I should get some in Monday. So maybe it is just my inexperience but those javasun tutorials just never make sense to me. Maybe it is just because I don't understand it well enough?

[Darryl.Burke]

Maybe you tried to dive in the deep end of the tutorials witout going through the more basic ones. A tutorial is just that: a learning resource. It's not a quick reference.

Once you know the basics, you'll find reading the API will solve most problems.

db

[lordbob75]

Ok thanks for the tips. Just out of curiosity, I looked at the tutorial for mouse motion listeners, and there were a lot of wierd classes in it like show guiboot and stuff... Is that all necessary? Maybe someone could explain how all that stuff works?

[Fubarable]

Hm, maybe we're not looking at the same demo. The one I saw was called MouseEventDemo.java and it used just one other class called BlankArea.java. I didn't see any other classes such as "guiboot".

If you're talking about the methods createAndShowGUI() and such, then 1) yes you need to use something like this, and 2) if you don't understand it, then you're wading too deep into the Swing tutorial pool and should back up to one of the earlier Swing tutorials.

[Darryl.Burke]

wading? More like drowning.

[lordbob75]

yes that is the right one. Would going back and reading through all those tutorials help? Could someone provide me a link to the tutorials? I never can actually find them...

[Fubarable]

This is the only link you'll need:

The Really Big Index

Search this page for any Sun tutorial you want.