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How to make a jframe background image in java?


Asked by Vivian Meyers on Dec 06, 2021 Java



You could use a JLabel. This is the simplest method if you don't want to modify the image in anyway... Then simply add it to your window as you see fit. If you need to add components to it, then you can simply set the label's layout manager to whatever you need and add your components.
In fact,
When talking about java swing package JFrame is the most important class for creating GUI but JFrame class does not have direct method to add image to its background. We can add Images using JLable but the case is JLable is not the container therefor we cannot add any other component to top of the JLable.
Subsequently, Create a JFrame form file and set the layout of the JFrame to Absolute Layout. Now add a JLabel to store the image, which will act as the background later. Click here to know how to add an image in java.
Also,
You can use the Background Panel class. It does the custom painting as explained above but gives you options to display the image scaled, tiled or normal size. It also explains how you can use a JLabel with an image as the content pane for the frame.
One may also ask,
There is no built-in method, but there are several ways to do it. The most straightforward way that I can think of at the moment is: Create a subclass of JComponent. Override the paintComponent (Graphics g) method to paint the image that you want to display.