Right-click context menu for Java JTree?

Question

I'm trying to implement pop-up menus in Java JTree. I've sub-classed DefaultTreeCellRenderer (to change node appearance) and DefaultTreeCellEditor (to create Components to attach event listeners to, since apparently the Components that DefaultTreeCellRenderer.getTreeCellRendererComponent() returns can't do it?). I don't really want to "edit" the nodes, just be able to pop-up a menu when a node gets right-clicked, but this is the only way I can think of doing it right now...

Below is the code that I have so far-- I'm just trying to figure out how to capture MouseEvents. It sort of works, but badly. What's a better way to accomplish what I'm trying to do here?

private class My_TreeCellRenderer extends DefaultTreeCellRenderer { 
    My_TreeCellRenderer() {
        super ();
    }   

    public Component getTreeCellRendererComponent(JTree tree, Object value, boolean selected, boolean expanded, boolean leaf, int row, boolean hasFocus) {
        super.getTreeCellRendererComponent(tree, value, selected, expanded, leaf, row, hasFocus);

        // set label text and tool tips
        setText(((My_Object)value).getTreeLabel());
        setToolTipText(((My_Object)value).getTreeToolTip());

        return this;
    }
}

private class My_TreeCellEditor extends DefaultTreeCellEditor { 
    private MouseAdapter ma;

    My_TreeCellEditor(JTree tree, DefaultTreeCellRenderer renderer) {
        super (tree, renderer);
        ma = new MouseAdapter() {
            public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
                if (e.isPopupTrigger()) {
                    System.out.println("My Popup");
                }
            }
            public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
                if (e.isPopupTrigger()) {
                    System.out.println("My Popup");
                }
            }
        };
    }

    public Component getTreeCellEditorComponent(JTree tree, Object value, boolean selected, boolean expanded, boolean leaf, int row) {
        String src_filename = null;

        // return non-editing component
        Component c = renderer.getTreeCellRendererComponent(tree, value, selected, expanded, leaf, row, true);

        // add mouse listener if it's not listening already
        MouseListener mouseListeners[] = c.getMouseListeners();
        int i;
        for (i=0; i < mouseListeners.length && mouseListeners[i] != ma; i++);
        if (i >= mouseListeners.length)
            c.addMouseListener(ma);

        return c;
    }

    protected boolean canEditImmediately(EventObject event) {
        if (event instanceof MouseEvent && ((MouseEvent)event).getClickCount() == 1)
            return true;
        else
            return false;
    }
}

Answer 1

This task is simple to accomplish, the following is all you need:

//create a class which implements the MouseListener interface and
//implement the following in your overridden mouseClicked method

@Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {

    if (SwingUtilities.isRightMouseButton(e)) {

        int row = tree.getClosestRowForLocation(e.getX(), e.getY());
        tree.setSelectionRow(row);
        popupMenu.show(e.getComponent(), e.getX(), e.getY());
    }
}

You can then add this custom listener to your desired tree(s).