Container.getComponentAt

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Syntax

public Component getComponentAt( int x, int y )

Parameters

x: the x coordinate
y: the y coordinate

Returns

null if the component does not contain the position. If there is no child component at the requested point and the point is within the bounds of the container the container itself is returned; otherwise the top-most child is returned.

Description

Locates the component that contains the x,y position. The top-most child component is returned in the case where there is overlap in the components. This is determined by finding the component closest to the index 0 that claims to contain the given point via Component.contains().

Overrides

getComponentAt in class Component