Uses of Interface java.awt.dnd.DragGestureListener (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2026-03-16

## Uses of Interface
java.awt.dnd.DragGestureListener

- Packages that use DragGestureListener
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.awt | Contains all of the classes for creating user interfaces and for painting graphics and images.
  java.awt.dnd | Drag and Drop is a direct manipulation gesture found in many Graphical User Interface systems that provides a mechanism to transfer information between two entities logically associated with presentation elements in the GUI.

- - ### Uses of DragGestureListener in java.awt

    Methods in java.awt with parameters of type DragGestureListener
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `<T extends DragGestureRecognizer> T` | Toolkit.`createDragGestureRecognizer(Class<T> abstractRecognizerClass, DragSource ds, Component c, int srcActions, DragGestureListener dgl)` Creates a concrete, platform dependent, subclass of the abstract DragGestureRecognizer class requested, and associates it with the DragSource, Component and DragGestureListener specified.

  - ### Uses of DragGestureListener in java.awt.dnd

    Fields in java.awt.dnd declared as DragGestureListener
    Modifier and Type | Field and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected DragGestureListener` | DragGestureRecognizer.`dragGestureListener` The `DragGestureListener` associated with this `DragGestureRecognizer`.

    Methods in java.awt.dnd with parameters of type DragGestureListener
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | DragGestureRecognizer.`addDragGestureListener(DragGestureListener dgl)` Register a new `DragGestureListener`.
    `DragGestureRecognizer` | DragSource.`createDefaultDragGestureRecognizer(Component c, int actions, DragGestureListener dgl)` Creates a new `DragGestureRecognizer` that implements the default abstract subclass of `DragGestureRecognizer` for this `DragSource`, and sets the specified `Component` and `DragGestureListener` on the newly created object.
    `<T extends DragGestureRecognizer> T` | DragSource.`createDragGestureRecognizer(Class<T> recognizerAbstractClass, Component c, int actions, DragGestureListener dgl)` Creates a new `DragGestureRecognizer` that implements the specified abstract subclass of `DragGestureRecognizer`, and sets the specified `Component` and `DragGestureListener` on the newly created object.
    `void` | DragGestureRecognizer.`removeDragGestureListener(DragGestureListener dgl)` unregister the current DragGestureListener

    Constructors in java.awt.dnd with parameters of type DragGestureListener
    Constructor and Description
    `DragGestureRecognizer(DragSource ds, Component c, int sa, DragGestureListener dgl)` Construct a new `DragGestureRecognizer` given the `DragSource` to be used in this Drag and Drop operation, the `Component` this `DragGestureRecognizer` should "observe" for drag initiating gestures, the action(s) supported for this Drag and Drop operation, and the `DragGestureListener` to notify once a drag initiating gesture has been detected.
    `MouseDragGestureRecognizer(DragSource ds, Component c, int act, DragGestureListener dgl)` Construct a new `MouseDragGestureRecognizer` given the `DragSource` for the `Component` c, the `Component` to observe, the action(s) permitted for this drag operation, and the `DragGestureListener` to notify when a drag gesture is detected.

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