Listen for when a Component is Shown for the First Time

Question

I am trying to capture the very first moment when a component is shown on the screen without using \'dirty\' solutions as with use of a timer. Basically, I want to know the

Answer 1

Using AncestorListener and ancestorAdded worked for me. Here's sample code:

addAncestorListener(new AncestorListener() {
    @Override
    public void ancestorRemoved(AncestorEvent event) {}

    @Override
    public void ancestorMoved(AncestorEvent event) {}

    @Override
    public void ancestorAdded(AncestorEvent event) {
        // component is shown here
    }
});