How do I draw an image in a JLabel?

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How do I draw an image in a JLabel?

Very simple: look at the constructors of JLabel and you'll see that some of them accept images. A JLabel can contain either text, an image or both. If you have both images and text, you can set the horizontal and vertical text position using the methods:

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Author of answer: Joris Van den Bogaert

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