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Re: How can JComboBox lis

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On Mar 19, 4:29 pm, RC <raymond.c...@nospam.noaa.gov> wrote:
> Since JComboBox and JButton both are
> extends from JComponent.
> When I addMouseListener(this);
> for jButton, it listens to the MouseEvent.
> But jComboBox doesn't listen to the MouseEvent.
>
> public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent me) {
>         System.out.println("mouse entered");
>          jComboBox.setToolTipText("mouse entered"); // not work
>          jButton.setToolTipText("mouse entered button"); // works fine
>
> }
>
> mouseEntered just move your mouse pointer on
> the object, no need to click (pressed and released).
>
> I just want to detect the mouse entered on JComboBox
> (i.e. popup a ToolTip) before I click it for select an item.
>
> Do I miss something? Do I need to setXXX and/or enableXXX
> JComboBox before I addMouseListener?
>
> Thank Q for your help!

I am not thinking that you'd want a MouseListener for the JComboBox,
but instead consider a PopupMenuListener instead, chances are that
will give you the results you want within the JComboBox.

Phil

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