Re: Open Frame at mouse position

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From: Gillmer J. Derge [TeamB]
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 15:24

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"Alex Terehoff" <aterehoff@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I am trying to open a frame at the position of the button clicked. I am
> taking the mouse position using
> e.getX() and e.getY() on mousePressed where e is a MouseEvent and trying
to
> assing the value of x and y when calling frame's setLocation() method but
> still the frame is opened at the desired location/position.

I think the coordinates from the mouse event need to be converted to screen
coordinates before you set the frame's location.  Try something like this:

    Component source = (Component)event.getSource();
    frame.setLocation(SwingUtilities.convertPointToScreen(event.getPoint(),
component));

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Gillmer J. Derge [TeamB]

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