Uses of Class java.awt.event.InputEvent (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2020-03-26

## Uses of Class
java.awt.event.InputEvent

- Packages that use InputEvent
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.awt.dnd | Drag and Drop is a direct manipulation gesture found in many Graphical User Interface systems that provides a mechanism to transfer information between two entities logically associated with presentation elements in the GUI.
  java.awt.event | Provides interfaces and classes for dealing with different types of events fired by AWT components.
  javax.swing | Provides a set of "lightweight" (all-Java language) components that, to the maximum degree possible, work the same on all platforms.
  javax.swing.event | Provides for events fired by Swing components.
  javax.swing.text.html | Provides the class `HTMLEditorKit` and supporting classes for creating HTML text editors.

- - ### Uses of InputEvent in java.awt.dnd

    Fields in java.awt.dnd with type parameters of type InputEvent
    Modifier and Type | Field and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected ArrayList<InputEvent>` | DragGestureRecognizer.`events` The list of events (in order) that the `DragGestureRecognizer` "recognized" as a "gesture" that triggers a drag.

    Methods in java.awt.dnd that return InputEvent
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `InputEvent` | DragGestureEvent.`getTriggerEvent()` Returns the initial event that triggered the gesture.
    `InputEvent` | DragGestureRecognizer.`getTriggerEvent()` This method returns the first event in the series of events that initiated the Drag and Drop operation.

    Methods in java.awt.dnd that return types with arguments of type InputEvent
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Iterator<InputEvent>` | DragGestureEvent.`iterator()` Returns an `Iterator` for the events comprising the gesture.

    Methods in java.awt.dnd with parameters of type InputEvent
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected void` | DragGestureRecognizer.`appendEvent(InputEvent awtie)` Listeners registered on the Component by this Recognizer shall record all Events that are recognized as part of the series of Events that go to comprise a Drag and Drop initiating gesture via this API.

    Constructor parameters in java.awt.dnd with type arguments of type InputEvent
    Constructor and Description
    `DragGestureEvent(DragGestureRecognizer dgr, int act, Point ori, List<? extends InputEvent> evs)` Constructs a `DragGestureEvent` object given by the `DragGestureRecognizer` instance firing this event, an `act` parameter representing the user's preferred action, an `ori` parameter indicating the origin of the drag, and a `List` of events that comprise the gesture(`evs` parameter).

  - ### Uses of InputEvent in java.awt.event

    Subclasses of InputEvent in java.awt.event
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `KeyEvent` An event which indicates that a keystroke occurred in a component.
    `class` | `MouseEvent` An event which indicates that a mouse action occurred in a component.
    `class` | `MouseWheelEvent` An event which indicates that the mouse wheel was rotated in a component.

  - ### Uses of InputEvent in javax.swing

    Methods in javax.swing with parameters of type InputEvent
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | TransferHandler.`exportAsDrag(JComponent comp, InputEvent e, int action)` Causes the Swing drag support to be initiated.

  - ### Uses of InputEvent in javax.swing.event

    Subclasses of InputEvent in javax.swing.event
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `MenuDragMouseEvent` MenuDragMouseEvent is used to notify interested parties that the menu element has received a MouseEvent forwarded to it under drag conditions.
    `class` | `MenuKeyEvent` MenuKeyEvent is used to notify interested parties that the menu element has received a KeyEvent forwarded to it in a menu tree.

    Methods in javax.swing.event that return InputEvent
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `InputEvent` | HyperlinkEvent.`getInputEvent()` Returns the `InputEvent` that triggered the hyperlink event.

    Constructors in javax.swing.event with parameters of type InputEvent
    Constructor and Description
    `HyperlinkEvent(Object source, HyperlinkEvent.EventType type, URL u, String desc, Element sourceElement, InputEvent inputEvent)` Creates a new object representing a hypertext link event.

  - ### Uses of InputEvent in javax.swing.text.html

    Constructors in javax.swing.text.html with parameters of type InputEvent
    Constructor and Description
    `HTMLFrameHyperlinkEvent(Object source, HyperlinkEvent.EventType type, URL targetURL, String desc, Element sourceElement, InputEvent inputEvent, String targetFrame)` Creates a new object representing a hypertext link event.

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