Swing image class

[bob smith]

Is there really no built-in Swing class that just displays an image?

This is very hard to believe, but it looks like it at first google.

 

[FredK]

Is there really no built-in Swing class that just displays an image? This is very hard to believe, but it looks like it at first google.

What's wrong with using JLabel?

 

[John B. Matthews]

Is there really no built-in Swing class that just displays an image?

This is very hard to believe, but it looks like it at first google.

Unable to reproduce:

<http://www.google.com/search?q=Swing class that displays an image>

First hit: <http://stackoverflow.com/q/299495/230513>.

 

[Knute Johnson]

Is there really no built-in Swing class that just displays an image?

This is very hard to believe, but it looks like it at first google.

http://rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com/

Three methods for loading an image for display.

 

[Daniel Pitts]

Is there really no built-in Swing class that just displays an image?

This is very hard to believe, but it looks like it at first google.

JFrame mainFrame = new JFrame();
mainFrame.add(new JLabel(new ImageIcon(imageFile)));
mainFrame.pack();
mainFrame.setVisible(true);


Done.

 

[Arne Vajhøj]

Is there really no built-in Swing class that just displays an image?

This is very hard to believe, but it looks like it at first google.

Google was not your friend today.



There are different ways of doing it.

JLabel lbl = new JLabel();
lbl.setIcon(new ImageIcon(location));
getContentPane().add(lbl);

is the simplest.

protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(location);
g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, this);
}

gives you the option to play with AffineTransform.

Arne

 

[Roedy Green]

Is there really no built-in Swing class that just displays an image?

This is very hard to believe, but it looks like it at first google.

Perhaps they considered it too simple. Here is one

https://wush.net/svn/mindprod/com/mindprod/common11/ImageViewer.java

You can download the whole package at
http://mindprod.com/products1.html#COMMON11


You can use a JLabel/ImageIcon combo to get that effect in Swing.

see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/imageicon.html
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The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development
time.
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[Lew]

Perhaps they considered it too simple. Here is one
https://wush.net/svn/mindprod/com/mindprod/common11/ImageViewer.java

That is a pretty little piece of code with Javadocs, clean and spare design,
complete functionality without overstepping its purpose, and usefulness.