Inserting an image under JTextArea
so I am trying to insert an image under the JTextArea but I have no luck, can anyone help? Basically, I'm asking if anyone can help make another class or subclass that does this. Here is my code:
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class t{
private JFrame f; //Main frame
private JTextArea t; // Text area private JScrollPane sbrText; // Scroll pane for text area
private JButton btnQuit; // Quit Program
public t(){ //Constructor
// Create Frame
f = new JFrame("Test");
f.getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
String essay = "Test";
// Create Scrolling Text Area in Swing
t = new JTextArea(essay, 25, 35);
t.setEditable(false);
Font f = new Font("Verdana", Font.BOLD, 12 );
t.setFont( f );
t.setLineWrap(true);
sbrText = new JScrollPane(t);
sbrText.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
// Create Quit Button
btnQuit = new JButton("Quit");
btnQuit.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
System.exit(0);
} } );
}
public void launchFrame(){ // Create Layout
// Add text area and button to frame
f.getContentPane().add(sbrText);
f.getContentPane().add(btnQuit);
// Close when the close button is clicked
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//Display Frame
f.pack(); // Adjusts frame to size of components
f.setSize(450,480);
f.setResizable(false);
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String args[]){
t gui = new t();
gui.launchFrame();
}
}
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Review the Background Panel . When you add a scrollpane to the panel, it will make the scrollpane, viewport and text area all opaque so you can see the image.
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The main problem is what JTextArea
will draw its background and text in paintComponent
.
The simplest solution is to make the transparency JTextArea
transparent and take control of the background painting.
This example basically fills the background with the background color, draws the image, and then calls super.paintComponent
for the text to be displayed.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JScrollPane;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class TransparentTextArea {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new TransparentTextArea();
}
public TransparentTextArea() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Test");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(new JScrollPane(new CustomTextArea()));
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class CustomTextArea extends JTextArea {
private BufferedImage image;
public CustomTextArea() {
super(20, 20);
try {
image = ImageIO.read(new File("/Users/swhitehead/Dropbox/MegaTokyo/Miho_Small_02.png"));
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
@Override
public boolean isOpaque() {
return false;
}
@Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2d.setColor(getBackground());
g2d.fillRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
if (image != null) {
int x = getWidth() - image.getWidth();
int y = getHeight() - image.getHeight();
g2d.drawImage(image, x, y, this);
}
super.paintComponent(g2d);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}
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