How to access MouseEvent getX()/getY() from JPopupMenu?

Question

I have a popupmenu like this

final JPopupMenu contextMenu = new JPopupMenu();
final JMenuItem addTask = new JMenuItem("Add Task");

Then i add a MouseListener:

component.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
        @Override
        public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) 
        {    
            if (e.isPopupTrigger()) {
                contextMenu.show(e.getComponent(), e.getX(), e.getY());
            }
        }
}

In my Actionlistener for the MenuItem i would like to access the x/y-data from my MouseEvent. Is this possible without saving them in an extra variable? i would like to get something like this:

addTask.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
            //System.out.println(Mouse.getX()+", "+Mouse.getY());
        }

    });

_"without saving them in an extra variable?"_ - Is it that big of a problem, one `Point currentPoint` member? — Paul Samsotha, Oct 03 '14 at 01:29
No, it's not a problem. I just thought if a solution without this would be possible. — MS1, Oct 03 '14 at 06:22

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 02 '14 at 23:04

If you want to get the mouse coordinate of event which has trggered the popup menu - no it's impossible without to save it. If you want to get the mouse event whcih has triggered the menu item action - yes it's possible: EventQueue.getCurrentEvent(); will return the event (you should check whether this event is a mouse event and if yes - cast it, because the action can also be triggered with key event).

public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
  AWTEvent evt = EventQueue.getCurrentEvent();
  if (evt instanceof MouseEvent) {
    MouseEvent me = (MouseEvent) evt;
  }
}

How to access MouseEvent getX()/getY() from JPopupMenu?

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