Probably. I believe MouseMoved events only occur when the mouse moves
over a component that you "own".

   Possibly, but what's the problem with that? The JWindow would have
focus, and you can move whatever code you had in Applet to the JWindow
instead.

   As a last resort, you might do something fancy with the Robot class,
taking screenshots and using AI to try to figure out where the mouse cursor
is.

   - Oliver

Please repeat the gist of the subject in the body
of your post, as some people do not notice subject lines.

A (J)Window can be launchd directly from an applet.
If the applet is not signed (and accpepted as trusted)
any free floating window will have the message 'Java Applet Window'
(or words to that effect) across the bottom.

What end effect are you trying to achieve?  What is the
point of what you are doing?  Until I understand that, I am
unable to help further.

Andrew T.