Use mouseListener to trigger an event when the mouse is released.

No you don't need a loop

Thee is amethod
public void mouseRelaesed(MouseEvent me) {


}

this method will be called when mouse is relead

no need to loop, just override the "public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e)" method of mouse listener

look here for an example how to write mouse listener:
http://www.iam.ubc.ca/guides/javatut99/uiswing/events/mouselistener.html

for_yan - How do I make use of that in a method?

Thanks

You add MouseListener to some component and when
mosue is realesed on that component -say button or panel this mehod will be automatically called
then you put any activity which you want inside that methoid and it wil be executed:

  public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
 
       saySomething("Mouse released; # of clicks: "
                    + e.getClickCount(), e);
    }

for_yan

So each method in a class needs to have its own mouseListener?

If I have one in a class, can any method in that class make use of it?

Thanks

No, your class implements MouseListener - it means you need only one method mouseRelaesed in a c lass, like in my example

Great!  Thanks for the help.

Then you cann addMouseListener(this)

to any number of components
and then when you get into method
you may check which of the com;omenets
caused the even - you just say

if(me.getSource().equals(panle) {
//do somethingh
//return

}
if(me.getSource().equals(button){
//do something else

}