how to add mouse listener to JLabel which contain image

Question

I have added an image to a Jlabel and I want to add mouse listener to it. I don't know to add a mouse listener to the Jlabel that contains the image.

So anyone who knows how to implement this please tell me.

I want to add a mousedragged listener to the JLabel. When the user drags it, it should work.

MouseHandler mk = new MouseHandler();
JLabel label = new JLabel();
label.addMouseListener(mk);

I have implemented a listener in the class that extends mouse adapter.

Please have a look at this [answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/11890169/1057230) :-) — nIcE cOw, Aug 21 '13 at 14:16

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

You can try :

     JLabel nameLabel = new JLabel("Name:");
     nameLabel.addMouseMotionListener(new MouseMotionAdapter() {
        //override the method
        public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent arg0) {
                     // to do .........................
        }
    });

thats the way I understand your question.

But I guess this can help you too : Drag and move a picture inside a JLabel with mouseclick

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 21 '13 at 16:07

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You are adding your mouse adapter as a mouse listener (which handles click, enter, exit, pressed, released). You want to add it as a mouse motions listener if you want to handle drag and move events.

answered Aug 21 '13 at 16:07

Dodd10x

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Abhishek · Answer 3 · 2013-08-21T18:21:08.350

You can do following:

ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon("C:/image.jpg"); //Path to the image  
JLabel label = new JLabel(icon); //add image to the label

label.addMouseMotionListener(new MouseMotionListener() {

        @Override
        public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent arg0) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        }

        @Override
        public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent arg0) {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        }
    });

You can add the actions to the above methods as required.

how to add mouse listener to JLabel which contain image

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