Events Generated by AWT Components

This table lists the kinds of events that each 1.1 AWT component can generate. To see a table listing all the listener and adapter types, along with the methods they contain, see Handling Standard AWT Events.

AWT Component Types of Events It Can Generate
action adjustment component container focus item key mouse mouse motion text window
Button X X X X X X
Canvas X X X X X
Checkbox X X X X X X
CheckboxMenuItem
Note: This is not a Component subclass! * X
Choice X X X X X X
Component X X X X X
Container X X X X X X
Dialog X X X X X X X
Frame X X X X X X X
Label X X X X X
List X X X X X X X
MenuItem
Note: This is not a Component subclass! X
Panel X X X X X X
Scrollbar X X X X X X
ScrollPane X X X X X X
TextArea X X X X X X
TextComponent X X X X X X
TextField X X X X X X X
Window X X X X X X X
*CheckboxMenuItem inherits addActionListener from MenuItem, but it does not generate action events. [check!]

GUI Changes: The AWT Grows Up

AWT Component	Types of Events It Can Generate
AWT Component	action	adjustment	component	container	focus	item	key	mouse	mouse motion	text	window
`Button`	X		X		X		X	X	X
`Canvas`			X		X		X	X	X
`Checkbox`			X		X	X	X	X	X
`CheckboxMenuItem` Note: This is not a `Component` subclass!	*					X
`Choice`			X		X	X	X	X	X
`Component`			X		X		X	X	X
`Container`			X	X	X		X	X	X
`Dialog`			X	X	X		X	X	X		X
`Frame`			X	X	X		X	X	X		X
`Label`			X		X		X	X	X
`List`	X		X		X	X	X	X	X
`MenuItem` Note: This is not a `Component` subclass!	X
`Panel`			X	X	X		X	X	X
`Scrollbar`		X	X		X		X	X	X
`ScrollPane`			X	X	X		X	X	X
`TextArea`			X		X		X	X	X	X
`TextComponent`			X		X		X	X	X	X
`TextField`	X		X		X		X	X	X	X
`Window`			X	X	X		X	X	X		X