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1. Passing events to parent    stackoverflow.com

I'd like to create an app where some events are supposed to be handled as if they were delivered to parent containers. For example I've got a JPanel which contains JLabel. ...

2. Allowing parent to process mouse event if event was not consumed by child    stackoverflow.com

I have this frame: alt text Here is what happens:

  1. When I'm over the Pinkish panel, the scroll pane works just fine.
  2. When I put the mouse over the Darker gray JTextArea the ...

3. Java inline class calling method in parent class    stackoverflow.com

I'm working on a little Swing application and am in need of some assistance. I have an inline class for a MouseListener and inside one of the methods I would like ...

4. Dynamic child communication    stackoverflow.com

Background: I have a JPanel (PanelCarga extends JPanel) that displays as many sub-JPanels (DatosArchivo extends JPanel) as files I wish to open (n DatosArchivo panels) in my program for diferent purposes. ...

5. Handling Child events in Parent?    coderanch.com

seems several options are possible: panel1 "show panel2" button . implement actionlistener as anonymous inner class . implement special actionListener class . associate an AbstractAction-derived class . etc parent can also be the listener for this component... possible panel2 display strategy . if layout/screen real estate is fixed, you could instantiate an invisible panel2, and have the button trigger _setVisible can ...

6. Parent class event listener    coderanch.com

I have a main gui that calls out a form for the user to fill out as a child class. I want the parent class(main gui) to know when the user clicks a button, so I was wondering if it's possible to create an event listener connected to the button from the parent class. I made the button public and could ...

7. Events for addition/deletion of components from their parents    coderanch.com

Hello, I looking for a way to receive events when components are added/removed from their containers. Hopefully in the swing event will contain the component being added and their parent component. This is going to be a 3rd party tool (monitoring application) and thus extending JPanel/JFrame/JDialog and overriding the add/delete/remove methods of those classes is not possible. Thanks, Jim

8. want to forward MouseEvents from child to parent component    coderanch.com

Could someone please help me with this little sample app. I'm trying to figure out how to forward MouseEvents from a child component (JTextArea) to the parent component (the contentPane). The contentpane is simply noting xy coordinates. When I move my cursor over the child component, it gets the focus and thinks I want to provide input. But I don't! I ...





10. How to invoke action in parent    coderanch.com

Hi. I seeking how to implement this beahavior: I have form, with JTextField(s). I added some new beahvior to text field (MyJTextField) - it turns yellow, after any edit and it can be asked if it was edited. But I don't want to ask if the field was edited myself and then do some action - for example disable navigate buttons. ...