Loading Image in Java using JFrame

Question

so i have a very basic java application, there is a panel and inside that is a button. When a user clicks the button, i want a picture to come up in another panel in the same form.

I searched up ways to load images from web/from my folder and this is the code i've come up with:-

private void buttonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt)

{                                       
    ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon("URL-of-the-image");
    panel2.setIcon(icon);

}

~~what panel 2 looks like~~

where am i going wrong? it says that the method "setIcon()" is causing a problem but i don't know any other method to do this job. Please Guide!

If it is a JPanel, it doesn't have a setIcon method, you may want to use a JLabel instead . — Arnaud
– Arnaud, Commented Jun 8, 2017 at 9:40
@Berger can you put your comment in an answer so that I can +1 it? — Maurice Perry
– Maurice Perry, Commented Jun 8, 2017 at 9:42

Arnaud · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-08 09:54:34Z

2

If panel2 is a JPanel, it doesn't have a setIcon method.

Use a JLabel instead , it has such a method.

answered Jun 8, 2017 at 9:54

Arnaud

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