Code is not working for swing image button

Question

i have written this code for showing image instead of button following This answer

My code is:

JButton btnCalender;
    try {
        
        BufferedImage calendarIcon = ImageIO.read(new File("Calendar_0.jpg"));
        btnCalender = new JButton("Calendar", new ImageIcon(calendarIcon));
        btnCalender.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());
        btnCalender.setContentAreaFilled(false);
        btnCalender.setBounds(244, 177, 129, 36);
        frmOptions.getContentPane().add(btnCalender);
        btnCalender.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            }
        });
    } catch (IOException e1) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e1.printStackTrace();
    }

But image is not showing. The button area is blank. All images are in Project folder. Why This is happening? Please give me solution. Thanks.

Edit: Solution found. My image resulation was too big. I've compressed this into 144*144. Now it is working.

Do you run it from any IDE? Why you keep images at source folder? — Masudul, Nov 21 '13 at 15:17
Yes. all images are in src folder. I've put this images in project folder too. But not working. IDE eclipes with windowbuilder. — Amir Hossain, Nov 21 '13 at 15:40
Looks like an incorrect path. For debugging porpuses try to set the path image absolutely. — manix, Nov 21 '13 at 16:14

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 21 '13 at 15:18

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The code you posted looks fine. Without the rest of the code it is hard to tell for sure, but it appears that the issue you are having is related to actually putting the button on the GUI.

Double-check that aren't getting any IOExceptions finding/loading the image.

answered Nov 21 '13 at 15:18

jzd

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There is no I/O exception. I've checked this. Images are in Project folder also. But still now no result. – Amir Hossain Nov 21 '13 at 15:37
Please post an SSCCE because there is something else going on that you aren't including then. – jzd Nov 21 '13 at 15:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 21 '13 at 15:09

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Have you tried adding:

btnCalender.setContentAreaFilled(false);

answered Nov 21 '13 at 15:09

Octoshape

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 21 '13 at 15:11

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try removing border and content area like this:

BufferedImage calendarIcon = ImageIO.read(new File("Calendar_0.jpg"));
btnCalender = new JButton("Back", new ImageIcon(calendarIcon));
btnCalender.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());
btnCalender.setContentAreaFilled(false);

answered Nov 21 '13 at 15:11

jandresrodriguez

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i have tried this code and it's working for me, please check the image exists and is in the rigth directory – jandresrodriguez Nov 21 '13 at 15:17

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 21 '13 at 15:20

There is two things you can try, firstly make sure you have specified the layout "exact positioning" for the contentPane
frmOptions.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
and also make sure you repaint your contentPane after you've added the jbutton component like this
frmOptions.getContentPane().repaint();
Remember to put it AFTER you have added your button to the contentPane!

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 21 '13 at 15:47

JFrame f = new JFrame("This is a test");
    f.setSize(400, 150);
    Container content = f.getContentPane();
    BufferedImage calendarIcon = ImageIO.read(new File("C:\\Documents and Settings\\sugandhan\\Desktop\\suganthan.jpg"));
    content.add(new JButton("Calendar", new ImageIcon(calendarIcon)));
    f.setVisible(true);

And Please check you image path

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 21 '13 at 15:56

First of all you don't need a bufferedImage to do this, secondly you have to correct the link of the image like this :

JFrame frmOptions = new JFrame();

JButton btnCalender = new JButton("Calendar", new ImageIcon(
        "./src/Calendar_0.jpg"));
btnCalender.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());
btnCalender.setContentAreaFilled(false);
btnCalender.setBounds(244, 177, 129, 36);

btnCalender.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
    }
});
frmOptions.getContentPane().add(btnCalender);
frmOptions.setDefaultCloseOperation(3);
frmOptions.pack();
frmOptions.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frmOptions.setVisible(true);

I hope that helps, if so make it up please ;) Salam

Code is not working for swing image button

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