Problem w/ MouseMotionListener on JTable cell

Question

Hey everyone,
I am using a MouseMotionListener on a JTable, and in most cases it works fine. The case where it does NOT work as I would expect is when you are editing a cell. In that case, events do not register when the mouse is moving over the cell being edited. I'm assuming that for some reason the cell editor maybe is receiving the events... but I'm not sure that is the case, and if it is, not sure how to deal with it. Here's a very basic example:
***************** begin code example ************************************
public class Main extends JFrame {
/** Creates a new instance of Main */
public Main() {
this.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
JTable theTable = new JTable(1,1);
theTable.addMouseMotionListener(new MouseMotionListener() {
               public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
               public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
                    System.out.println("Mouse Moved");
panel.add(theTable);
this.add(panel,BorderLayout.NORTH);
this.setSize(100,100);
setVisible(true);
* @param args the command line arguments
public static void main(String[] args) {
Main main = new Main();
***************** end code example **************************************
Now, what I want to do is be able to have a listener not only on the table, but also on the cells (even when they are being edited). It is worth noting that the listener still functions around the borders of the cell... just not when mousing over the cell itself. What is going on with this? What is the best way for me to achieve my desired results?
Thanks in advance,
Jared

Answer 1

Thanks for the tip on code formatting tags camickr. I'm (obviously) new to the forums.
I am using "balloon tool tips" (can be seen here: https://balloontip.dev.java.net) to display information about the columns. The way I am currently doing it is that I have a MouseMotionListener on the entire JTable, and I attach the balloon tool tip to the header directly above the center of the column that the mouse is over. The way I am able to always know where to attach the balloon tool tip at the top is by using the events from the MouseMotionListener, as well as the X coordinate provided by the event. It works wonderfully... until one of the cells is being edited. At that point it works wonderfully on every part of the JTable except that one cell.
Does that answer your question?
Thanks again,
Jared