Is it possible to overlay a Button over a Label in Swing?
For example, if have a JLabel with image and no text, and i want to overlay my button over this JLabel. Label is defined something like:
myLabel = new javax.swing.JLabel(new ImageIcon( myPicture ));
If not, then any ideas how can i realize this, thank you.
EDIT: Actually i read about adding JPanel to a JLabel, when i add a Panel with button layout, it compiles fine but nothing is visible, just the JLabel with image
UPDATE: As suggested by @paranoid-android, somehow i have solved my problem. However i still have to know how can i customize the positions of components overlayed on top of JLabel as i don't have much control (probably because normally i use netbeans for drawing layouts, and this would require hard coding).
Something Like this worked:
ImagePanel(Image image, int id) {
this.image = image;
this.tile = false;
JButton backButton = new JButton();
JButton nextButton = new JButton();
backButton.setText(" BACK ");
nextButton.setText(" NEXT ");
add(backButton);
add(nextButton);
};
@Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight(), this);
}
You can do it using a JLayeredPane
, although if I understand correctly, the absolute best way to do that would be to override paintComponent
:
// as part of your JPanel
@Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
super.paintComponent(g);
g.drawImage(background, 0, 0, this);
}
Then you can add components to the panel as you like, without the need for the JLabel
.