Not detecting mouse exit events
I'm developing a Java application that implements an 'auto-hide' functionality - similar to that of the Office Shortcut bar - such that when the mouse moves outside of the application frame the window auto-hides. I'm using the Mouse Exit event to detect when the mouse moves outside of the the application frame and then I 'hide' the window (or rather resize it to 2 pixels high) so I can then detect the Mouse Entered event to restore the window.
This works OK but occasionally if I move the mouse quick enough the exited event isn't detected and the window doesn't always hide.
Are there any other ways of detecting if the mouse moves outside of the application frame (so I can also trigger my 'hide' function) without relying on other events such as windowLostFocus.
Thanks,
Richard.
I have one suggestion:
Check that the component that you use to monitor mouse exit and enter events has at least one pixel visible from all sides (most layout managers allow a border (not a Border class or subclass) that is not occupied by child subcomponent).
For example if you will place some other component in container directly so some side then mouse enter and exit events will be fired on that component and not on the container.
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