Images in JFrame

[AWPtic]

Hi, I am having trouble with making images (.jpg) show up in a JFrame. I'm not wanting them to be a background, but instead just the picture itself show up. Can someone please help me?

[faisalcmpm]

Just use a JLabel

[AWPtic]

I am but what I mean is how do I import them so I can use them as a variable.

[AWPtic]

Oh yeah, also I'm trying to make the picture a JButton. I'm having it where they can choose their character, so it needs to have the picture displayed and clickable.

[toadaly]

For images, you can just create your own JComponent, add it to the contentpane of the JFrame, and override the paintComponent method.

class MyClass extends JComponent {
  public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
     super(g);

     g.drawImage(...the applicable parameters...);
  }
}

To have an image be the icon for a button, use ImageIcon.

[AWPtic]

So, something like this would work?

ImageIcon terminator = new JButton(KarateTerminator.jpg);

[DarrylBurke]

How to Use Icons (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI with JFC/Swing > Using Swing Components)

db

[toadaly]

No, but somethng like this would...

JButton terminator = new JButton(new ImageIcon("....jpg"));

[AWPtic]

what class do I have to import for ImageIcon?

[toadaly]

import javax.swing.*;