Example Depot

final JPopupMenu menu = new JPopupMenu(); // Create and add a menu item JMenuItem item = new JMenuItem("Item Label"); item.addActionListener(actionListener); menu.add(item); // Set the component to show the popup menu component.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() { public void mousePressed(MouseEvent evt) { if (evt.isPopupTrigger()) { menu.show(evt.getComponent(), evt.getX(), evt.getY()); } } public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent evt) { if (evt.isPopupTrigger()) { menu.show(evt.getComponent(), evt.getX(), evt.getY()); } } });