Bring a component on a JPanel to front (Java)

Question

In VB, you can use zOrder. In .Net, it\'s .SetChildIndex.

Before you ask, no I\'m not using a layout manager in this case. If you have two

Answer 1

When compnents overlap on the panel then you need to tell the panel so it can make sure it repaints the components in their proper ZOrder:

You do this by overriding the isOptimizedDrawingEnabled() method of the JPanel to return false.