Adding background image to JPanel

[sarahnice]

Is there any way to add a background image to a JPanel or JFrame, so that I can add JButtons, JTextfields, etc., on top of the image.

Any help?

Thankis

 

[haslo]

Try subclassing the JPanel and then overriding the paintComponent(Graphics g) method. Make sure you call super.paint() somewhere, or just paint your components (the JPanels and JFrames) yourself by calling their paint(g); method with the graphics you get.

public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
g.drawImage(0, 0, this.getSize().width, this.getSize().height, this);
ArrayList list = myOwnComponentArrayListIDefinedAndFilledSomewhereElse;
for (i = 0; i < list.size(); i++)
{
((Component)list.get(i)).paint(g);
}
}

Hope this helps - I think there'll be a way more elegant solution for drawing the subcomponents somewhere out there...

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