Java tutorial
import java.awt.Component; import java.awt.event.ComponentEvent; import java.awt.event.ComponentListener; import javax.swing.JCheckBox; import javax.swing.JFrame; public class UsingComponentListener { public static void main(String[] a) { JFrame frame = new JFrame(); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JCheckBox checkbox = new JCheckBox("Label visible", true); checkbox.addComponentListener(new ComponentListener() { public void componentHidden(ComponentEvent e) { System.out.println("componentHidden event from " + e.getComponent().getClass().getName()); } public void componentMoved(ComponentEvent e) { Component c = e.getComponent(); System.out.println("componentMoved event from " + c.getClass().getName() + "; new location: " + c.getLocation().x + ", " + c.getLocation().y); } public void componentResized(ComponentEvent e) { Component c = e.getComponent(); System.out.println("componentResized event from " + c.getClass().getName() + "; new size: " + c.getSize().width + ", " + c.getSize().height); } public void componentShown(ComponentEvent e) { System.out.println("componentShown event from " + e.getComponent().getClass().getName()); } }); frame.add(checkbox, "North"); frame.setSize(300, 200); frame.setVisible(true); } }