mouse motion listener only in one direction

Question

i have been working on mouse motion listener in Java couldn\'t sort it out completely because i want the object to move towards the direction where ever on the screen the mo

Answer 1

Your problem is with this line:

public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e){
 xpos=getX(); // ******
 if(xpos<0){polyrot--;}
 else if(xpos>0){polyrot++;}
 repaint();
 break;
}

That returns the x position of the applet not the mouse cursor. You need to use your MouseEvent object, e and instead get the mouse's position. Change it to:

xpos = e.getX();

Please don't ignore the comment that I made to your question. Please remember that we're volunteers who help on our free time. Please don't make it any more difficult than it has to be to help you.

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I've tried to edit your code so that it compiles, and now is indented. Consider creating a Swing application, not an AWT application, since Swing apps are more flexible, powerful and robust.