Create a drag source a drop target and a transferable object. : Drag Drop « Swing « Java Tutorial






import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Cursor;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;
import java.awt.dnd.DnDConstants;
import java.awt.dnd.DragGestureEvent;
import java.awt.dnd.DragGestureListener;
import java.awt.dnd.DragSource;
import java.awt.dnd.DropTarget;
import java.awt.dnd.DropTargetAdapter;
import java.awt.dnd.DropTargetDropEvent;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class ComplexExample extends JFrame implements DragGestureListener {
  public ComplexExample() {
    JPanel left = new JPanel();
    left.setBackground(Color.red);

    JPanel right = new JPanel();
    right.setBackground(Color.white);

    new MyDropTargetListener(right);

    DragSource ds = new DragSource();
    ds.createDefaultDragGestureRecognizer(left, DnDConstants.ACTION_COPY, this);

    setLayout(new FlowLayout());
    add(left);
    add(right);

    setSize(40,50);
    setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    setVisible(true);
  }

  public void dragGestureRecognized(DragGestureEvent event) {
    Cursor cursor = null;
    JPanel panel = (JPanel) event.getComponent();

    Color color = panel.getBackground();
    if (event.getDragAction() == DnDConstants.ACTION_COPY) {
      cursor = DragSource.DefaultCopyDrop;
    }
    event.startDrag(cursor, new TransferableColor(color));
  }

  class MyDropTargetListener extends DropTargetAdapter {
    private DropTarget dropTarget;
    private JPanel panel;

    public MyDropTargetListener(JPanel panel) {
      this.panel = panel;
      dropTarget = new DropTarget(panel, DnDConstants.ACTION_COPY, this, true, null);
    }

    public void drop(DropTargetDropEvent event) {
      try {
        Transferable tr = event.getTransferable();
        Color color = (Color) tr.getTransferData(TransferableColor.colorFlavor);
        if (event.isDataFlavorSupported(TransferableColor.colorFlavor)) {
          event.acceptDrop(DnDConstants.ACTION_COPY);
          this.panel.setBackground(color);
          event.dropComplete(true);
          return;
        }
        event.rejectDrop();
      } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        event.rejectDrop();
      }
    }
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    new ComplexExample();
  }
}

class TransferableColor implements Transferable {
  protected static DataFlavor colorFlavor = new DataFlavor(Color.class, "A Color Object");
  protected static DataFlavor[] supportedFlavors = { colorFlavor };
  Color color;
  public TransferableColor(Color color) {
    this.color = color;
  }

  public DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors() {
    return supportedFlavors;
  }

  public boolean isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor flavor) {
    if (flavor.equals(colorFlavor) || flavor.equals(DataFlavor.stringFlavor))
      return true;
    return false;
  }

  public Object getTransferData(DataFlavor flavor) throws UnsupportedFlavorException {
    if (flavor.equals(colorFlavor))
      return color;
    else if (flavor.equals(DataFlavor.stringFlavor))
      return color.toString();
    else
      throw new UnsupportedFlavorException(flavor);
  }
}








14.112.Drag Drop
14.112.1.Basic drag and drop
14.112.2.Dragging Text from a JLabelDragging Text from a JLabel
14.112.3.Drag-and-Drop Support for ImagesDrag-and-Drop Support for Images
14.112.4.Drag and drop icons: use an icon property.
14.112.5.implements DragGestureListener, Transferable
14.112.6.Dragging and dropping text between a text area, a list, and a tableDragging and dropping text between a text area, a list, and a table
14.112.7.Drag and drop between JTextArea and JTextField
14.112.8.Transfer both Text and Color between JTextField and JTextArea
14.112.9.Drag and drop between JList and JTextField
14.112.10.DropMode.ON
14.112.11.DropMode.INSERT
14.112.12.DropMode.ON_OR_INSERT
14.112.13.Set tree DropMode to DropMode.USE_SELECTION
14.112.14.Set tree drag mode to DropMode.ON
14.112.15.Set tree drag mode to DropMode.INSERT
14.112.16.Set tree drag mode to DropMode.ON_OR_INSERT
14.112.17.Choose Drop Action
14.112.18.Various drop actions
14.112.19.JTable drag and drop
14.112.20.Create a drag source a drop target and a transferable object.
14.112.21.Making a Component Draggable
14.112.22.Detect a drag initiating gesture in your application
14.112.23.Illustrates cut, copy, paste and drag and drop using three instances of JList
14.112.24.Location sensitive drag and drop
14.112.25.Demonstration of the top-level TransferHandler support on JFrame
14.112.26.Drag-and-Drop customization: drag the foreground color from the first label and drop it as the background color into the second one
14.112.27.Demonstrates how to add copy and drag support to a Swing component with TransferHandler
14.112.28.ScribblePane allows individual PolyLine lines to be selected, cut, copied, pasted, dragged, and dropped
14.112.29.Built-in drag and drop support: utilize a TransferHandler class
14.112.30.DND Drag and drop List