Low Level Events

Low level events represent direct communication from the user. A low level event is a key press or a key release, a mouse click, drag, move, or release, and so on.

These include:

java.awt.event.ComponentEvent

component resized, moved, etc.

java.awt.event.FocusEvent

component got focus, lost focus

java.awt.event.KeyEvent

key press, key release, etc.

java.awt.event.MouseEvent

mouse down, mouse move, mouse drag, mouse up

java.awt.event.ContainerEvent

a component was added to or removed from the container

java.awt.event.WindowEvent

the window was activated, deactivated, opened, closed, inconified, or deiconified

java.lang.Object
   |
   +---java.util.EventObject
           |
           +---java.awt.AWTEvent
                   |
                   +---java.awt.event.ComponentEvent
                           |
                           +---java.awt.event.InputEvent
                           |       |
                           |       +---java.awt.event.KeyEvent
                           |       |
                           |       +---java.awt.event.MouseEvent
                           |
                           +---java.awt.event.FocusEvent
                           |
                           +---java.awt.event.ContainerEvent
                           |
                           +---java.awt.event.WindowEvent