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How to create moveable JPanel using BorderLayout?

I want to create a GUI with a sliding Menu. The menu is one of three JPanels organized onto a JFrame with BorderLayout. The Menu in question is on the west side. How can I make it so that the menu can hold Textfields, JLabels, images etc. while having the ability to slide in and out? Answer This can be

Colored Emojis in Java Swing Labels

I was wondering how to dispaly colored emojis in swing. I have a feeling that the Swing (awt) font engine is unable to do this. I’ve tried using the windows emoji font (Segoe UI Emoji), but sadly it only displays the monochrome variants. Is there any UIManager-Property or Client-Property that I can set …

How can you draw rectangles on a JPanel?

I’m trying to create a program that generates rectangles using a slider. The user should be able to move the slider and rectangles should appear on the JPanel above the slider with random positions. I have tried running the program but I’m still unable to display anything, I move the slider but no…

Possible to remove Title bar from JFileChooser?

I am trying to display a simple JFileChooser that has no Titlebar. Below is the example code: So essentially I want the Border I set to be the top level Title bar. Example image: So far I have had zero luck achieving this, nor found any others looking for a similar appearance. Appreciate the help! Cheers Answ…

Why can’t NetBeans & Java find Swing’s contents?

After over a decade, I decided to blow the dust off my university dissertation and get it working again. Oddly, NetBeans can’t seem to find the libraries for javax.swing. Every single thing I imported for javax.swing can no longer be found with “cannot find symbol” for javax.swing.JFrame, ja…