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    Default JFrame Movement Listening

    I am writing a program where I have a varying sized JFrame. If the content in the JFrame is larger than the screen size, I am providing scrolling.

    Now I have the situation where the user could have two (or more) screens with different resolutions. What I am wanting to accomplish is to write a listener that does the following:
    1) Notices when the JFrame has been moved
    2) When the moving stops, Determine which screen the JFrame is being displayed on
    3) Resize the JFrame appropriately for the screen's resolution

    I currently have a check in place for it displaying on the default screen when the JFrame opens. Here is the code I have for that in case anyone is interested:
    JFrame puzzleFrame = new JFrame("Hashi Puzzle");
     
    				Dimension dim = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
     
    				puzzleFrame.setMaximumSize(dim);
    				puzzleFrame.setSize((iconSize*puzzleSize)+50,(iconSize*puzzleSize)+50);
     
    				if(dim.getWidth()<=puzzleFrame.getWidth() && dim.getHeight()<=puzzleFrame.getHeight())
    				{
    					puzzleFrame.setMaximizedBounds(new Rectangle(dim));
    					puzzleFrame.setExtendedState(puzzleFrame.getExtendedState()|JFrame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH);
    				}
    				else
    				{
    					if(dim.getWidth()<=puzzleFrame.getWidth())
    						puzzleFrame.setSize((int)dim.getWidth()-50,puzzleFrame.getHeight());
    					if(dim.getHeight()<=puzzleFrame.getHeight())
    						puzzleFrame.setSize(puzzleFrame.getWidth(),(int)dim.getHeight()-50);
    				}

    I'm wanting to do the same basic thing, but with a listener for when the JFrame moves instead of just when the JFrame opens. Any help is appreciated.
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    Default Re: JFrame Movement Listening

    For what its worth, its been a while since I played with it but I recall the ComponentListener on a mac not functioning properly when the JFrame is moved (don't have my mac in front of me at the moment to verify and test so take this with a grain of salt - but the events were only fired after the mouse was released, not sequentially for each mouse moved event as one would expect and as it behaves on Windows). Just a note in case you need cross-platform capability, you may want to test to be sure it accomplishes what you need.

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    I'm just seconding what copeg said. I've seen that same thing happen on a mac.
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