Uses of Class java.awt.dnd.DragGestureRecognizer (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2026-04-24

## Uses of Class
java.awt.dnd.DragGestureRecognizer

- Packages that use DragGestureRecognizer
  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 DragGestureRecognizer in java.awt

    Methods in java.awt with type parameters of type DragGestureRecognizer
    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 DragGestureRecognizer in java.awt.dnd

    Subclasses of DragGestureRecognizer in java.awt.dnd
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `MouseDragGestureRecognizer` This abstract subclass of `DragGestureRecognizer` defines a `DragGestureRecognizer` for mouse-based gestures.

    Methods in java.awt.dnd with type parameters of type DragGestureRecognizer
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `<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.

    Methods in java.awt.dnd that return DragGestureRecognizer
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `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.
    `DragGestureRecognizer` | DragGestureEvent.`getSourceAsDragGestureRecognizer()` Returns the source as a `DragGestureRecognizer`.

    Constructors in java.awt.dnd with parameters of type DragGestureRecognizer
    Constructor and Description
    `DragGestureEvent(DragGestureRecognizer dgr, int act, Point ori, List<? extends InputEvent> evs)` Constructs a `DragGestureEvent` object given by the `DragGestureRecognizer` instance firing this event, an `act` parameter representing the user's preferred action, an `ori` parameter indicating the origin of the drag, and a `List` of events that comprise the gesture(`evs` parameter).

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