Re: How to grab pointer

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From	Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com>
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On 8/15/2012 10:45 AM, FredK wrote:
> How do I grab the pointer (similar to X's XGrabPointer), such that
> all mouse events will be sent only to my component that has the grab,
> until I relaease the grab?
>
> I want to initiate the grab, then allow the user to go anywhere on
> the screen and click somewhere; I will capture the location of the
> click and do something appropriate, depending on where the click
> occurred.
>

On your Java program or on the desktop?

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Knute Johnson

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How to grab pointer FredK <fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 10:45 -0700
  Re: How to grab pointer Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-08-15 12:09 -0700
    Re: How to grab pointer FredK <fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 12:45 -0700
      Re: How to grab pointer markspace <-@.> - 2012-08-15 13:28 -0700
        Re: How to grab pointer FredK <fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> - 2012-08-15 13:40 -0700
          Re: How to grab pointer markspace <-@.> - 2012-08-15 14:30 -0700
          Re: How to grab pointer Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-15 17:48 -0400
            Re: How to grab pointer Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-15 18:18 -0400
              Re: How to grab pointer Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-15 19:48 -0400
                Re: How to grab pointer Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-15 20:03 -0400
                Re: How to grab pointer Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-15 20:16 -0400
                Re: How to grab pointer Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-15 20:58 -0400
                Re: How to grab pointer Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-15 21:34 -0400
                Re: How to grab pointer FredK <fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> - 2012-08-16 11:03 -0700
                Re: How to grab pointer Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-16 16:54 -0400
                Re: How to grab pointer FredK <fred.l.kleinschmidt@gmail.com> - 2012-08-16 15:10 -0700
                Re: How to grab pointer Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-16 21:17 -0400
                Re: How to grab pointer "John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-08-16 20:40 -0400
                Re: How to grab pointer Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-16 21:11 -0400
          Re: How to grab pointer Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-08-15 15:05 -0700
          Re: How to grab pointer Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-22 19:54 -0400
            Re: How to grab pointer Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-08-22 20:45 -0400

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