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

you can also use the LayeredPane of your JFrame. With JFrame.getLayeredPane() you get a reference of the pane in use.

the add method of LayeredPane has up to 2 additional int parameters. the first specified the Layer of the component you'd add and the second contols the order inside this layer.

You can find more infos at http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/components/rootpane.html#layeredpane