java.awt.event

## Interface MouseWheelListener

- All Superinterfaces:
    EventListener
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    AWTEventMulticaster, BasicComboPopup.InvocationMouseHandler, BasicComboPopup.ListMouseHandler, BasicDesktopIconUI.MouseInputHandler, BasicFileChooserUI.DoubleClickListener, BasicInternalFrameUI.BorderListener, BasicScrollBarUI.ArrowButtonListener, BasicScrollBarUI.TrackListener, BasicScrollPaneUI.MouseWheelHandler, BasicSliderUI.TrackListener, BasicSplitPaneDivider.MouseHandler, BasicTabbedPaneUI.MouseHandler, BasicTreeUI.MouseHandler, FormView.MouseEventListener, HTMLEditorKit.LinkController, MetalFileChooserUI.SingleClickListener, MouseAdapter, MouseInputAdapter, ToolTipManager

      public interface MouseWheelListener
      extends EventListener

  The listener interface for receiving mouse wheel events on a component. (For clicks and other mouse events, use the `MouseListener`. For mouse movement and drags, use the `MouseMotionListener`.)

  The class that is interested in processing a mouse wheel event implements this interface (and all the methods it contains).

  The listener object created from that class is then registered with a component using the component's `addMouseWheelListener` method. A mouse wheel event is generated when the mouse wheel is rotated. When a mouse wheel event occurs, that object's `mouseWheelMoved` method is invoked.

  For information on how mouse wheel events are dispatched, see the class description for `MouseWheelEvent`.

  Since:
    1.4
  See Also:
    `MouseWheelEvent`

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `void` | `mouseWheelMoved(MouseWheelEvent e)` | Invoked when the mouse wheel is rotated.

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### mouseWheelMoved

          void mouseWheelMoved(MouseWheelEvent e)

      Invoked when the mouse wheel is rotated.
      See Also:
        `MouseWheelEvent`

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