Transparent components

[Ivan Kesic]

Hello

i have JPanel with background image. So, i need to put my buttons on panel on the same spot as they are on the background picture, and then make them transparent so it looks like you click on picture and not on a real button. But, if i set opaque on button (btn1.setOpaque(false);) it only shows panel's original color, grey, and not the picture that is drawn on him. How can i fix this?

[Stephan van Hulst]

Hi Ivan, take a look at this thread:

http://www.coderanch.com/t/540606/GUI/java/JPanel-Transparent-does-not-work

[Rob Camick]

A JButton works a little different than other components. You need to use:

JButton button = new JButton("Button");
button.setOpaque(true);
button.setContentAreaFilled(false);
//button.setBorderPainted(false);

[Darryl Burke]

setContentAreaFilled(false)
setBorderPainted(false)
// and if you want
setFocusPainted(false)
setRolloverEnabled(false)

edit Today's not a good day. No responses for nearly 3 hours and this has to happen to me

Hi Rob!

[Rob Camick]

Darryl, my old keyboard broke and I got a new one a couple of days ago so I must be typing faster