Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Rectangle; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import java.awt.event.KeyEvent; import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JTextField; import javax.swing.KeyStroke; import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException; public class MainClass { public static void main(final String args[]) { JFrame frame = new JFrame("Popup Example"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); final JTextField textField = new JTextField(); frame.add(textField, BorderLayout.NORTH); ActionListener actionListener = new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent actionEvent) { int dotPosition = textField.getCaretPosition(); Rectangle popupLocation = null; try { popupLocation = textField.modelToView(dotPosition); } catch (BadLocationException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } System.out.println(popupLocation); } }; KeyStroke keystroke = KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_PERIOD, 0, false); textField.registerKeyboardAction(actionListener, keystroke, JComponent.WHEN_FOCUSED); frame.setSize(250, 150); frame.setVisible(true); } }