button that runs away from the mouse cursor

[MartinBenes71]

Hey guys, I need some help.

If you can maybe direct me in the right direction or let me know how to do it, I want to make a button, run away from the mouse cursor basicially. Its connected to my previous post about the button game. I got that to work, but this is the final piece.

[pbrockway2]

It might help to be precise about "run away".

Your last post talked about the buttons being laid out in a grid. Is the moving button supposed to be on this grid? Is its movement constrained by the grid and/or empty spaces?

In any case you could use a mouse motion listener which will report the position of the mouse as it moves. Use this position and whatever rules constrain the moving button to decide if the button should move and, if it should, move it.