Thread: How to get Mouse Position even if it is not within our application?

A common problem is wanting to retrieve the position of the mouse even if it is not within a Component of your application. This can be done using the following code, as an example. It Displays the mouse position every 100 thread tics.

import java.awt.MouseInfo;
 
public class Mouse {
	public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException{
		while(true){
			Thread.sleep(100);
			System.out.println("("+MouseInfo.getPointerInfo().getLocation().x+", "+MouseInfo.getPointerInfo().getLocation().y+")");
		}
	}
}

Thanks. How would I change the coordinates to be relative to an arbitrary active window or tab ?

Is this so you can get Mouse Coords within you own Java application window space?

If so consider this:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs...nListener.html