Placing components on a background image.

[chanshaw]

Alright I'm trying to place the textarea on top of the image but right now it displays the textarea below the image, how do i go about doing this.

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
 
/**
 *
 * @author Hanshawc
 */
public class MyDesk extends JFrame
{
   private JPanel panel;
   private JTextArea questionBox;
 
   public static void main(String[] args)
   {
       MyDesk myDesk = new MyDesk();
   }
 
   public MyDesk()
   {
       this.setTitle("MyDesk Alpha Version: 0.1");
       this.setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
       this.setSize(660,525);
       this.setResizable(false);
       this.add(getMainPanel());
       this.setVisible(true);
   }
 
   private JPanel getMainPanel()
   {
       panel = new JPanel();
       panel.setSize(640,480);
       panel.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
       panel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
       panel.add(getBackgroundImage());
       panel.add(getQuestionBox());
       return panel;
   }
 
   private JLabel getBackgroundImage()
   {
       ImageIcon titleIcon = new
       ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("background.jpg"));
       JLabel titleLabel = new JLabel();
       titleLabel.setIcon(titleIcon);
       return titleLabel;
   }
 
   private JTextArea getQuestionBox()
   {
        questionBox = new JTextArea(getQuestion());
        questionBox.setColumns(20);
        return questionBox;
   }
 
   private String getQuestion()
   {
       String question = "Test question";
       return question;
   }
}
 

[r035198x]

See the API specs of the FlowLayout that you are using to find out why that is happening. You could use a GridLayout(2, 1) and add the TextArea first.

[JosAH]

@r035198x
My guess is that the OP means "on top" in the third dimension, i.e. in front of the image. A JDesktopPane can do it or else the GlassPane can be of help: i.e. it is in front of everything else.

kind regards,

Jos