How to change the mouse cursor in java?

Question

I have a list of words inside the JList. Every time I point the mouse cursor at a word, I want the cursor to change into a hand cursor. Now my problem is how to do that?

Could someone help me with this problem?

Answer 1

Use a MouseMotionListener on your JList to detect when the mouse enters it and then call setCursor to convert it into a HAND_CURSOR.

Sample code:

final JList list = new JList(new String[] {"a","b","c"}); list.addMouseMotionListener(new MouseMotionListener() {     @Override     public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {         final int x = e.getX();         final int y = e.getY();         // only display a hand if the cursor is over the items         final Rectangle cellBounds = list.getCellBounds(0, list.getModel().getSize() - 1);         if (cellBounds != null && cellBounds.contains(x, y)) {             list.setCursor(new Cursor(Cursor.HAND_CURSOR));         } else {             list.setCursor(new Cursor(Cursor.DEFAULT_CURSOR));         }     }      @Override     public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {     } }); 

Answer 2

You probably want to look at the Component.setCursor method, and use it together with the Cursor.HAND constant.