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How do I overlay a JLabel image with text?

I am extending the JLabel class using the JLabel(ImageIcon imageicon) constructor.
What I would like to do is put text directly in the center of the label, directly overlaying the image itself.

I have tried code like the following, which does not seem to work:

public void paint(Graphics g)
{
super.paint(g);
g.drawString("some text", 5, 5);
}

the JLabel itself is about 20 x 20 so I would think that I would at least see something. Thanks in advance for any help.

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import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;

import java.util.StringTokenizer;

import java.io.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;

class labelTest extends JDialog implements ActionListener{

      JTextField txtField = new JTextField();
      JButton btnOk = new JButton("Ok");
      int lineNumber = 0;
// Fetch icon
ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon("c:\\somegif.gif");

// Create a label with text and an icon; the icon appears to the left of the text
JLabel label = new JLabel("Text Label", icon, JLabel.CENTER);

      public labelTest(Dialog dlg, boolean modal){

            JLabel label = new myLabel("Text Label", icon.getImage()); //, JLabel.TOP)

            btnOk.setName("Ok");
            //this.getContentPane().add(txtField, BorderLayout.CENTER);
            this.getContentPane().add(label, BorderLayout.CENTER);
            this.getContentPane().add(btnOk, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
            btnOk.addActionListener(this);
            this.setTitle("Select Line no.");
            this.setSize(200, 100);
            this.setModal(modal);
this.show();
      }

      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event){
            Object obj = event.getSource();

            if(obj instanceof JButton){
                  if(((JButton)obj).getName().equalsIgnoreCase("Ok")){
                        String str = txtField.getText();

                        if(str != null && ! str.equals("")){
                              try{
                                    lineNumber = Integer.parseInt(str);
                              }catch(Exception ex){
                                    lineNumber = 0;
                              }
                        }
                        this.setVisible(false);
                        System.exit(0);
                  }
            }
      }

      int getLineNumber(){
            return lineNumber;
      }

      public static void main(String[] s){
            new labelTest(null, true);
      }
}

class myLabel extends JLabel{
      Image image;
      String text;
      public myLabel(String text, Image image) {
       this.image = image;
       this.text = text;
       }

       public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
       super.paintComponent(g); // Paint background

       // Draw image at its natural size first.
       g.drawImage(image, 25, 10, this);
                  g.drawString("mystring", 15,28) ;
       }

}

darkpegasus5

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That did it, thanks!

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