help with new Swing component

[Proshitness]

Can someone give me a guide or explain the steps behind making a new Swing component (to be more precise displaying a part of an image and receiving input from mouse and keyboard),
thanks to anyone who helps.

[doWhile]

Have you read the specific subjects in the Swing Tutorials?
Trail: Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing (The Java™ Tutorials)
If not, I'd suggest to start there. There are step by step instructions and code examples to do exactly what you need. If you have read them, then I recommend asking a more specific question.

[DarrylBurke]

Can someone give me a guide or explain the steps behind making a new Swing component (to be more precise displaying a part of an image and receiving input from mouse and keyboard)

Why do you need a new Swing component for something that can be done with JLabel, ImageIcon and MouseListener?

db

[Proshitness]

ok just one question...
how am I suppose to use the image icon to display a part of an image?

[DarrylBurke]

Load the image (see ImageIO)
Create a subimage (see BufferedImage and, if you like, Graphics)
Construct the icon (see ImageIcon)

db

[Proshitness]

thank you :D