Mouse events from JTextField do not get propagated

Question

I am trying to listen to mouse events coming from both a JLabel and a JTextField. However, I am only able to listen to mouse events from JLabel, but not JTextField.

Consider this code:

class FieldPanel extends JPanel{
  JLabel label;
  JTextField text;

  public FieldPanel(){
    label = new JLabel("This is a test label");
    text = new JTextField("This is a test field");
    add(label);
    add(text);
  } 
}

class OuterPanel extends JPanel{
  FieldPanel fieldPanel;

  public OuterPanel(){
    fieldPanel = new FieldPanel();
    fieldPanel.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter(){
        @Override
        public void mousePressed(MouseEvent event) {
            System.out.println("Mouse pressed !!");
        }
    });
    add(fieldPanel);
  }
}

public class UITest{
    public static void main (String args[]){
        JFrame frame = new JFrame();
        OuterPanel outerPanel = new OuterPanel();
        frame.getContentPane().add(outerPanel);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}

The 'Mouse Pressed !!' message is displayed when I click on the JLabel. However, it does not get displayed when I click on the JTextField. Why is this the case?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Thanks for all the answers.

I found some sort of workaround. I am changing my code so that I listen directly to the JTextField component, as opposed to listening to the panel.