Internal padding for JTextArea with background Image

Question

My ultimate goal is to have a JTextArea with a background image. I found code online that showed me how to do this, but now I\'m having an issue with the text b

Answer 1

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I assume you are overriding paintComponent()* for your JTextArea. If you are, make sure that it is transparent by adding

setOpaque(false);

*This also works if you override paint(), but as trashgod correctly states, that would interfere with paintBorder().