Difference between Mouse Listener and Action Listener?

Question

Whats the difference? When would you use a mouse listener? or a action listener? Please and Thank You!

Answer 1

An ActionListener is used to handle the logical click of a button. A click happens:

• when the mouse is pressed then released on a button,
• or when the keyboard shortcut of that button is used,
• or when the button has the focus and the space bar is pressed,
• or when the button is the default button and Enter is pressed,
• or when the button's click() method is called programmatically

A MouseListener only handles low-level mouse events.