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Right click mouse event

I search through this forum but I can't find a good explanation on this topic. Is there any different from the below statements? Which way is the better way to trigger this event?

if (evt.getButton() == 3)

Vs. 

if (SwingUtilities.isRightMouseButton(evt))
Solution

  • SwingUtilities.isRightMouseButton(evt)

    this uses a bit operand to compare:

    (evt.getModifiers() & InputEvent.BUTTON3_MASK) == InputEvent.BUTTON3_MASK)

    while other, just compare with a magic number that can change, I would rather change first comparison to:

    if(evt.getButton() == java.awt.event.MouseEvent.BUTTON3)

    SwingUtilities is part of the javax which comes with jdk, so I would prefer to delegate that responsabillity to this utility (helper) class, so in that case, SwingUtilities wins.