Detecting mouse enter/exit events anywhere on JPanel

Question

Basically there is a JPanel on which I want to know when the mouse enters the area of the JPanel and exits the area of the JPanel. So I added a mouse listener, but if there

Answer 1

There is a very easy solution for this problem that can work :

public class MyJPanel implements MouseListener {

    public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
        java.awt.Point p = new java.awt.Point(e.getLocationOnScreen());
        SwingUtilities.convertPointFromScreen(p, e.getComponent());
        if(e.getComponent().contains(p)) {return;}
        ...//the rest of your code
    }

    ...
}

This way you just ignore the mouseExited event when it occurs on a child element.