Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2016 Dmitry Avtonomov. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.awt.Component; import java.awt.Container; public class Main { /** * Finds the index of a component in its parent container by iterating over * all children. * @param component the component must have a parent * @return -1 if component is null or has no parent */ public static final int getComponentIndex(Component component) { if (component != null && component.getParent() != null) { Container c = component.getParent(); for (int i = 0; i < c.getComponentCount(); i++) { if (c.getComponent(i) == component) { return i; } } } return -1; } }