Java Right Click does not make a selection. What is the easiest way to solve this globally?

Question

Is there a way to globally make right click also select the element that you right click on?

From what I understand this has been a bug in Swing for a long time likely to never be fixed because at this point applications depend on it.

Any advice on doing this on a global scale? Perhaps on the L&F?

Answer 1

Using the Glass Pane will do the trick.

Here's a tutorial on how to use the glass pane to get the right click button and redispatch it to the right component.

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As the glass pane is not a solution in this case, I suggest you take a look at the Toolkit class. Specificaly the addAWTEventListener method. You can add a global event listener with it. To add a mouse event listener:

Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().
        addAWTEventListener(listener, AWTEvent.MOUSE_EVENT_MASK);

Cheers