Java GUI layaredPanes

Question

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Okey I have a class that prints the board and another class that prints the Chess

how do I use the LayeredPane to merge them together like the example picture above? I been trying all day and nothing seems to work at all. I am using JFrame to print the picture.

• trashgod: possible duplicate of Java Classes , interface and Gui

Answer 1

Your question doesn't tell us much about the structure of your program or the specific problem that you're having. I assume that you've gone through the JLayeredPane tutorial which should explain to you pretty much the workings of a JLayeredPane, and that you understand it fully, otherwise I assume that you'd ask for clarification for your points of confusion in your question above.

I've outlined one way that I've approached a similar project in this answer: does-adding-a-jlabel-to-a-jpanel-hide-the-jpanel. Please check it out and again review the Swing tutorial and ask if anything doesn't make sense.

Answer 2

You should print the chess and the board in the same paintComponent() method. So print them in the same class. You could use something like:

public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
 printBoard(g);
 printChess(g);
}

• ricedragon: as a requirement i have to do them in sperate classes or I would , it makes it a lot easer
• Jonas: @ricedragon: it makes it harder.
• ricedragon: thats why i am asking , I have no freaking clue at all , because if i add the two object in the Jfame the ChessPiece will overwrite the Board
• Tedil: same z-index? or opaque set to true? See download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/… for more information