Swing/AWT/SWT :: JButton Actionlistener Not Working?

I was suspecting I had a jButton not working, so I added a console print to test. See below. When I click the button, the console doesn't display anything. Am I using the button wrong?

private void jButtonUpdateItemsMouseClicked(java.awt.event.MouseEvent evt) {
System.out.println("click");
System.out.println(drawPreviousRectangle);//this is a boolean
}

I have also tried the following with the same results (or lack of).

private void jButtonUpdateMajorDeckItemsActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
System.out.println("click");
System.out.println(drawPreviousRectangle);//this is a boolean
}