MouseWheelEvent.getScrollAmount() has the following syntax.
public int getScrollAmount()
In the following code shows how to use MouseWheelEvent.getScrollAmount() method.
//from ww w .j av a 2 s . co m import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.event.MouseWheelEvent; import java.awt.event.MouseWheelListener; import javax.swing.BorderFactory; import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTextArea; public class Main extends JPanel implements MouseWheelListener { JTextArea textArea = new JTextArea(); JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(textArea); final static String newline = "\n"; public Main() { super(new BorderLayout()); textArea.setEditable(false); scrollPane.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS); scrollPane.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 250)); add(scrollPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); textArea.append("This text area displays information " + "about its mouse wheel events." + newline); textArea.addMouseWheelListener(this); setPreferredSize(new Dimension(450, 350)); setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(20, 20, 20, 20)); } public void mouseWheelMoved(MouseWheelEvent e) { String message; int notches = e.getWheelRotation(); if (notches < 0) { message = "Mouse wheel moved UP " + -notches + " notch(es)" + newline; } else { message = "Mouse wheel moved DOWN " + notches + " notch(es)" + newline; } if (e.getScrollType() == MouseWheelEvent.WHEEL_UNIT_SCROLL) { message += " Scroll type: WHEEL_UNIT_SCROLL" + newline; message += " Scroll amount: " + e.getScrollAmount() + " unit increments per notch" + newline; message += " Units to scroll: " + e.getUnitsToScroll() + " unit increments" + newline; message += " Vertical unit increment: " + scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().getUnitIncrement(1) + " pixels" + newline; } else { // scroll type == MouseWheelEvent.WHEEL_BLOCK_SCROLL message += " Scroll type: WHEEL_BLOCK_SCROLL" + newline; message += " Vertical block increment: " + scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().getBlockIncrement(1) + " pixels" + newline; } saySomething(message, e); } void saySomething(String eventDescription, MouseWheelEvent e) { textArea.append(e.getComponent().getClass().getName() + ": " + eventDescription); textArea.setCaretPosition(textArea.getDocument().getLength()); } public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame frame = new JFrame("MouseWheelEventDemo"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JComponent newContentPane = new Main(); newContentPane.setOpaque(true); frame.setContentPane(newContentPane); frame.pack(); frame.setVisible(true); } }