How can I simulate a mousePressed event without using java.awt.robot?

Question

I want to simulate a mousePressed event in Java, I found out that I can use the Robot class for this, and it works, but only in Windows and not in Mac OS X.

Does anyone know of an alternative way to simulate a mousePressed event?

This is the code I used:

Robot robot = new Robot();
robot.mousePress(InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK);

Answer 1

If you want to simulate the click action on a JButton you can invoke the doClick method, take a look here . Otherwise, maybe this similar question can help you. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

I had the same issue with using java.awt.robot.mousePress(int button) not working on a mac os x 10.8 by checking

int b = InputEvent.getMaskForButton(MouseEvent.BUTTON1); //1024  
int c = InputEvent.BUTTON1_MASK; //8  
// works on mac  
Robot r = new Robot();  
r.mouseMove(500, 500);  
r.mousePress(1024);  
r.mouseRelease(1024);  

Answer 3

Here is a sample code that will help.

private final class ContractMouseAdapter extends MouseAdapter {

    @Override
    public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
        // Do whatever you want.
    }

}

And call this adapter in ur Swing code as

MouseAdapter mouseAction = new ContractMouseAdapter(Component);