Getting Mouse Events in my Java application

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Anat B - 13 Apr 2005 16:06 GMT

I have a Java GUI process and I want to receive mouse moved events
even though the mouse is not over my application (my app. can be
minimized while the mouse moves).
I am working on a Solaris platorm.

How can I do this?

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John McGrath - 13 Apr 2005 18:17 GMT

> I have a Java GUI process and I want to receive mouse moved events
> even though the mouse is not over my application (my app. can be
> minimized while the mouse moves).

I do not think there is anything that will send you events in this case.
However, with JDK 1.5, you can poll the mouse position using:

MouseInfo.getPointerInfo().getLocation();

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John McGrath

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Anat B - 14 Apr 2005 07:33 GMT

Thanks

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