Module java.desktop
Package java.awt.event

## Interface MouseListener

- All Superinterfaces:
    `EventListener`
  All Known Subinterfaces:
    `MouseInputListener`
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    `AWTEventMulticaster`, `BasicButtonListener`, `BasicComboPopup.InvocationMouseHandler`, `BasicComboPopup.ListMouseHandler`, `BasicDesktopIconUI.MouseInputHandler`, `BasicFileChooserUI.DoubleClickListener`, `BasicInternalFrameUI.BorderListener`, `BasicInternalFrameUI.GlassPaneDispatcher`, `BasicListUI.MouseInputHandler`, `BasicMenuItemUI.MouseInputHandler`, `BasicMenuUI.MouseInputHandler`, `BasicScrollBarUI.ArrowButtonListener`, `BasicScrollBarUI.TrackListener`, `BasicSliderUI.TrackListener`, `BasicSplitPaneDivider.MouseHandler`, `BasicTabbedPaneUI.MouseHandler`, `BasicTableHeaderUI.MouseInputHandler`, `BasicTableUI.MouseInputHandler`, `BasicTextUI.BasicCaret`, `BasicToolBarUI.DockingListener`, `BasicTreeUI.MouseHandler`, `BasicTreeUI.MouseInputHandler`, `DefaultCaret`, `FormView.MouseEventListener`, `HTMLEditorKit.LinkController`, `MetalFileChooserUI.SingleClickListener`, `MetalToolBarUI.MetalDockingListener`, `MouseAdapter`, `MouseDragGestureRecognizer`, `MouseInputAdapter`, `ToolTipManager`

      public interface MouseListener
      extends EventListener

  The listener interface for receiving "interesting" mouse events (press, release, click, enter, and exit) on a component. (To track mouse moves and mouse drags, use the `MouseMotionListener`.)

  The class that is interested in processing a mouse event either implements this interface (and all the methods it contains) or extends the abstract `MouseAdapter` class (overriding only the methods of interest).

  The listener object created from that class is then registered with a component using the component's `addMouseListener` method. A mouse event is generated when the mouse is pressed, released clicked (pressed and released). A mouse event is also generated when the mouse cursor enters or leaves a component. When a mouse event occurs, the relevant method in the listener object is invoked, and the `MouseEvent` is passed to it.

  Since:
    1.1
  See Also:
    `MouseAdapter`, `MouseEvent`, Tutorial: Writing a Mouse Listener

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `void` | `mouseClicked​(MouseEvent e)` | Invoked when the mouse button has been clicked (pressed and released) on a component.
    `void` | `mouseEntered​(MouseEvent e)` | Invoked when the mouse enters a component.
    `void` | `mouseExited​(MouseEvent e)` | Invoked when the mouse exits a component.
    `void` | `mousePressed​(MouseEvent e)` | Invoked when a mouse button has been pressed on a component.
    `void` | `mouseReleased​(MouseEvent e)` | Invoked when a mouse button has been released on a component.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### mouseClicked

          void mouseClicked​(MouseEvent e)

      Invoked when the mouse button has been clicked (pressed and released) on a component.
      Parameters:
        `e` - the event to be processed

    - #### mousePressed

          void mousePressed​(MouseEvent e)

      Invoked when a mouse button has been pressed on a component.
      Parameters:
        `e` - the event to be processed

    - #### mouseReleased

          void mouseReleased​(MouseEvent e)

      Invoked when a mouse button has been released on a component.
      Parameters:
        `e` - the event to be processed

    - #### mouseEntered

          void mouseEntered​(MouseEvent e)

      Invoked when the mouse enters a component.
      Parameters:
        `e` - the event to be processed

    - #### mouseExited

          void mouseExited​(MouseEvent e)

      Invoked when the mouse exits a component.
      Parameters:
        `e` - the event to be processed