Source code for InteractionDemo.java

package mouseinteraction;

/*
 * This work by W. Patrick Hooper is free of known copyright restrictions.
 * The work is in the public domain.
 * 
 * Author's website: <a href="http://wphooper.com">http://wphooper.com</a>. 
 */

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseMotionListener;
import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D;
import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

/** This class was created to demonstrate how a graphical program can interact
 * with the user's mouse. 
 * 
 * The program places a disk centered at every mouse click of the user. The 
 * user can interact with the disks by dragging them around. 
 *
 * @author pat
 */
public class InteractionDemo extends JPanel implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener {

    private static final int R = 20; // Radii of disks

    // This list records the places the user clicks.
    private LinkedList<Point2D> click_locations=new LinkedList<Point2D>();

    public InteractionDemo() {
        setBackground(Color.WHITE); // Make the background color white

        // Necessary for mouse interaction:
        addMouseListener(this);
        addMouseMotionListener(this);
    }

    ///// DRAWING
    /**
     * Draw the disks.
     */
    @Override
    public void paintComponent(Graphics gfx) {
        // This stuff is standard, and should be in any paintComponent method. 
        super.paintComponent(gfx);
        Graphics2D g = (Graphics2D) gfx;
        g.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
                RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);

        g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
        g.drawString("Click somewhere to add a disk. You can also drag disks.", 10, 20);
        
        g.setStroke(new BasicStroke(2));
        
        double hue = 0; // for picking different colors. 
        for (Point2D pt : click_locations) {
            Ellipse2D e = new Ellipse2D.Double(pt.getX() - R, pt.getY() - R, 2 * R, 2 * R);
            g.setColor(Color.getHSBColor((float) hue, 1f, 1f));
            g.fill(e);
            g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
            g.draw(e);

            hue = hue + (Math.sqrt(5) - 1) / 2;
            hue = hue - Math.floor(hue);
        }
    }

    ///// MOUSE INTERACTION
    // Implementation of MouseListener
    @Override
    public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me) {
        click_locations.addLast(me.getPoint());
        repaint();
    }

    @Override
    public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent me) {
    }

    @Override
    public void mouseExited(MouseEvent me) {
    }

    boolean disk_selected=false;
    int selected_disk_index=0;
    Point2D last_mouse_location;
    
    @Override
    public void mousePressed(MouseEvent me) {
        Iterator<Point2D> it=click_locations.descendingIterator();
        int index=click_locations.size()-1;
        while (it.hasNext()) {
            if (me.getPoint().distance(it.next())<R) {
                disk_selected=true;
                selected_disk_index=index;
                last_mouse_location=me.getPoint();
                break; // quit the while loop.
            }
            index = index-1;
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent me) {
        disk_selected=false;
    }

    // Implementation of MouseMotionListener
    @Override
    public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent me) {
        if (disk_selected) {
            Point2D current_center=click_locations.get(selected_disk_index);
            Point2D new_center=new Point2D.Double(
                    current_center.getX()+me.getX()-last_mouse_location.getX(),
                    current_center.getY()+me.getY()-last_mouse_location.getY());
            click_locations.set(selected_disk_index, new_center);
            last_mouse_location=me.getPoint();
            repaint();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent me) {        
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Construct a new window:
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("InteractionDemo");
        // Dimensions of the window in pixels:
        frame.setSize(640, 480);
        // Quit the program when the window is closed:
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        // The window will contain only our panel:
        frame.add(new InteractionDemo());
        // Make the window visible:
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}

Last modified on August 17, 2018.