select JPanel parent at the back - swing

Question

Below is SSCCE to describe my problem.
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class APanel extends JPanel{
public APanel() {
this.setVisible(true);
this.setBackground(Color.red);
this.addMouseListener(new MouseListener() {
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
if(e.getClickCount()==2)
{
}
System.out.println("Child panel clicked!");
}
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) { }
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {}
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) { }
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {}
});
}
}
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class PPanel extends JPanel{
private APanel panel1;
private APanel panel2;
private APanel panel3;
public PPanel() {
this.setLayout(new GridLayout(0,1));
panel1 = new APanel();
panel2 = new APanel();
panel2.setBackground(Color.yellow);
panel3 = new APanel();
panel3.setBackground(Color.green);
this.add(panel1);
this.add(panel2);
this.add(panel3);
this.setBackground(Color.blue);
this.addMouseListener(new MouseListener() {
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
System.out.println("Parent panel clicked!");
}
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) { }
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {}
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) { }
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {}
});
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
PPanel panel = new PPanel();
frame.add(panel);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setSize(new Dimension(350, 300));
frame.setTitle("Demo");
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
How can I do the following:
If e.getClickCount()==1 then the parent MouseListener will active and it will print "parent panel clicked!".
If e.getClickCount()==2 then the children MouseListner will active and print out "child panel clicked!".
Edit1: Closer to the proposed solution.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.Timer;
public class APanel extends JPanel {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private Point pt;
public APanel() {
timer.setRepeats(false);
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
if (timer.isRunning() && !e.isConsumed() && e.getClickCount() > 1) {
System.out.println("double from child");
pt = null;
timer.stop();
} else {
pt = e.getPoint();
Component component = (Component)e.getSource();
component.getParent().dispatchEvent(e);
timer.restart();
}
}
});
setBackground(Color.red);
setVisible(true);
}
private Timer timer = new Timer(200, new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
//System.out.println("single from child");
}
});
}
In case, a mouseEvent needs to pass through multiplevel of containers, this link might be of interest.

Answer 1

If you elect to interpret double clicks, consider using the user's preferred interval, as suggested here.
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getDesktopProperty("awt.multiClickInterval");

Answer 2

I think (as I know) that not is possible redirect Mouse event from child to its parent, just get parent from Component that is under the MouseCursor, or get parent from Component that's received Events from MouseClick
sure maybe someone can help you with that :-), but here is code which you needed for success with that
parent:
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class PPanel extends JPanel {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private APanel panel1;
private APanel panel2;
private APanel panel3;
public PPanel() {
setLayout(new GridLayout(0, 1));
panel1 = new APanel();
panel2 = new APanel();
panel2.setBackground(Color.yellow);
panel3 = new APanel();
panel3.setBackground(Color.green);
add(panel1);
add(panel2);
add(panel3);
setBackground(Color.blue);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
PPanel panel = new PPanel();
frame.add(panel);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(350, 300));
frame.setTitle("Demo");
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}
Child:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.Timer;
public class APanel extends JPanel {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private Point pt;
public APanel() {
timer.setRepeats(false);
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
if (timer.isRunning() && !e.isConsumed() && e.getClickCount() > 1) {
System.out.println("double from child");
pt = null;
timer.stop();
} else {
pt = e.getPoint();
timer.restart();
}
}
});
setBackground(Color.red);
setVisible(true);
}
private Timer timer = new Timer(400, new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
System.out.println("single from child");
}
});
}