How to deal with the mouse events when the thread is running

Question

Hi everybody,
I have a problem with my program.
Now I want to present a picture for some time in the Canvas,then automatically clear the screen, but when the user press the mousebutton or keybutton, I want to stop the thread and clear the screen.
How can I receive the mouse event when the thread is running?
Thanks,

Answer 1

I use my code in a GUI applet.
I try to use the code tag, it's the first time.
               Image im=sd.getStimulus(obj);
               if(pos==null){
                    g.drawImage(im, (w-im.getWidth(null))/2,(h-im.getHeight(null))/2,null);
               }else{
                    g.drawImage(im, pos.x,pos.y,pos.w,pos.h,null);
               try{
                    sleep(showtime);
//                    Thread.sleep(showtime);
               }catch(InterruptedException e){}
               if(pos==null){
                    g.clearRect((w-im.getWidth(null))/2,(h-im.getHeight(null))/2,im.getWidth(null),im.getHeight(null));
               }else{
                    g.clearRect(pos.x,pos.y, pos.w, pos.h);
               }