Right click mouse event

Question

I search through this forum but I can't find a good explanation on this topic. Is there any different from the below statements? Which way is the better way to trigger this event?

if (evt.getButton() == 3)

Vs.

if (SwingUtilities.isRightMouseButton(evt))

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 08 '14 at 08:39

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SwingUtilities.isRightMouseButton(evt)

this uses a bit operand to compare:

(evt.getModifiers() & InputEvent.BUTTON3_MASK) == InputEvent.BUTTON3_MASK)

while other, just compare with a magic number that can change, I would rather change first comparison to:

if(evt.getButton() == java.awt.event.MouseEvent.BUTTON3)

SwingUtilities is part of the javax which comes with jdk, so I would prefer to delegate that responsabillity to this utility (helper) class, so in that case, SwingUtilities wins.

answered Jan 08 '14 at 08:39

RamonBoza

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You should also add what might happen if the button for right mouse changes, but +1 – MadProgrammer Jan 08 '14 at 08:42
for your second point . Because my mouseEvent is in the action private void textareaMouseReleased(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) hence == 3 – searchfunction Jan 08 '14 at 08:45

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