Image as a button

[kenji jonathan]

I want to make an image that can act like a button in java application.

I have written :

ImageIcon image = new ImageIcon("start.png");
JButton play = new JButton(image);

but the result is there is an image inside a button. It isn't what I want to do, I want to make an image that acts like a button...Any suggestion?...Thanks for sharing knowledge..^^

[Rob Spoor]

Use a JLabel instead of a JButton, and use a mouse listener. You can also change the cursor of the label if you want to.

I'll move this thread to our GUI forum.

[Maneesh Godbole]

Welcome to the Ranch.

Or you can also
1) With your existing code, make your button transparent by using JButton#setContentAreaFilled(false)
2) Refer to https://coderanch.com/t/506289/GUI/java/custom-shaped-gui-components and http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/GUI/translucent_shaped_windows/

[Minh Nam]

kenji jonathan wrote:I want to make an image that can act like a button in java application.

I have written :

ImageIcon image = new ImageIcon("start.png");
JButton play = new JButton(image);

but the result is there is an image inside a button. It isn't what I want to do, I want to make an image that acts like a button...Any suggestion?...Thanks for sharing knowledge..^^

This is what I wrote to make a transparent button having only the icon:

            buttonBrowse = new JButton();
            buttonBrowse.setIcon(new javax.swing.ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("/com/icons/browse.png")));
            buttonBrowse.setBorderPainted(false);
            buttonBrowse.setFocusPainted(false);
            buttonBrowse.setContentAreaFilled(false);

[kenji jonathan]

Wow..thanks for sharing...by the way, now I want to place the button at the center of the window. Is there any simple way to do it?....

[Darryl Burke]

kenji jonathan wrote:I want to place the button at the center of the window. Is there any simple way to do it?....

If the button is the only component in its Container, set a GridBagLayout and add the button without a GridBagConstraints.

[Rob Camick]

button.setBorder( new EmptyBorder(0, 0, 0, 0) );