Forward a mouse wheel scroll event in nested JScrollPane to the parent JScrollPane

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Code

class WheelScrollLayerUI extends LayerUI {
  @Override public void installUI(JComponent c) {
    super.installUI(c);
    if (c instanceof JLayer) {
      ((JLayer) c).setLayerEventMask(AWTEvent.MOUSE_WHEEL_EVENT_MASK);
    }
  }
  @Override public void uninstallUI(JComponent c) {
    if (c instanceof JLayer) {
      ((JLayer) c).setLayerEventMask(0);
    }
    super.uninstallUI(c);
  }
  @Override protected void processMouseWheelEvent(
      MouseWheelEvent e, JLayer l) {
    Component c = e.getComponent();
    int dir = e.getWheelRotation();
    JScrollPane main = l.getView();
    if (c instanceof JScrollPane && !c.equals(main)) {
      JScrollPane child = (JScrollPane) c;
      BoundedRangeModel m = child.getVerticalScrollBar().getModel();
      int extent  = m.getExtent();
      int minimum = m.getMinimum();
      int maximum = m.getMaximum();
      int value   = m.getValue();
      if (value + extent >= maximum && dir > 0 || value <= minimum && dir < 0) {
        main.dispatchEvent(SwingUtilities.convertMouseEvent(c, e, main));
      }
    }
  }
}

References

• Forward a mouse wheel scroll event in nested JScrollPane to the parent JScrollPane(Japanese)