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

A simpeler solution with java 1.8+

public class MyJPanel implements MouseListener {

    public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {        
        if(!this.contains(e.getPoint())) {
            ... //the rest of your code
        }
    }

    ...
}