How do I set the position of the mouse in Java?

Question

I'm doing some Swing GUI work with Java, and I think my question is fairly straightforward; How does one set the position of the mouse?

Answer 1

As others have said, this can be achieved using Robot.mouseMove(x,y). However this solution has a downfall when working in a multi-monitor situation, as the robot works with the coordinate system of the primary screen, unless you specify otherwise.

Here is a solution that allows you to pass any point based global screen coordinates:

public void moveMouse(Point p) {     GraphicsEnvironment ge =          GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();     GraphicsDevice[] gs = ge.getScreenDevices();      // Search the devices for the one that draws the specified point.     for (GraphicsDevice device: gs) {          GraphicsConfiguration[] configurations =             device.getConfigurations();         for (GraphicsConfiguration config: configurations) {             Rectangle bounds = config.getBounds();             if(bounds.contains(p)) {                 // Set point to screen coordinates.                 Point b = bounds.getLocation();                  Point s = new Point(p.x - b.x, p.y - b.y);                  try {                     Robot r = new Robot(device);                     r.mouseMove(s.x, s.y);                 } catch (AWTException e) {                     e.printStackTrace();                 }                  return;             }         }     }     // Couldn't move to the point, it may be off screen.     return; }