Is it possible to put Panel on the Image

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can u give me some more clue? some small code snippet wud be appreciated

public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
// call drawImage here
}

You'll still be able to add components leaving the image there

(oh that's overriding the paintComponent of JPanel btw)

ASKER

is it JPanel u r talking about or the JFrame?

JPanel

If you want the image drawn behind the panel, you need to override paintComponent() (see CEHJ's comment) in your JFrame instance.

You can't do that actually - JFrame has no paintComponent. Easiest to add another JPanel to the frame and then place the final one on that

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>>Set BorderLayout as your layout manager for the JFrame's content pane...

Well of course, it's still not clear what the intention is, so this is probably a little bit too assumptive ;-)

>> probably a little bit too assumptive
possibly, but not if he wants the image to cover the complete area of the JFrame

ASKER

I want the image to cover the entire area and place a Panel on the image...

Should be OK then

yep, I think that's it! ;-)

ASKER

As suggested, i overrode paintComponent method and put the image

class TestPanel extends JPanel
{

JPanel pnlAnotherPanel;
public TestPanel()
{
pnlAnotherPanel = new JPanel();
pnlAnotherPanel.setBackground(Color.white);
pnlAnotherPanel.setBounds(new Rectangle(30,30,60,80));
this.add(pnlAnotherPanel,null);
}

public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
super.paintComponent(g);
Image img=Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("testimg.jpg");
g.drawImage(img,0,0,this);
}
}

When i try to put this JPanel class to the Frame and try to runthe program, only the image is displayed and not the panel(pnlAnotherPanel)..... so what shud i do for that? i tried setting the panel to opaque, but didnt help...

Then i tried putting

ASKER

i m not finding any luck still.... shud i put the panel in the paintComponent method??

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Mick Barry

If you instead want the panel to float above your existing component hierarchy then add the panel to the glass pane or a layered pane.
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/components/rootpane.html