I have an ImageIcon that came from a transparent gif. Is there a way to
control how the background color is painted, for example setting the
background to red or white? Thanks.

mitch wrote:
> I have an ImageIcon that came from a transparent gif. Is there a way to
> control how the background color is painted, for example setting the
> background to red or white?

Try setBackground(color) and setOpaque(true) for the
component displaying the II.

HTH

Andrew T.

mitch <mgart@kronos.com> wrote:
> I have an ImageIcon that came from a transparent gif. Is there a way to
> control how the background color is painted, for example setting the
> background to red or white? Thanks.


Untested:


class BackgroundImageIcon
    extends ImageIcon
{
    private Color background;


    public BackgroundImageIcon(Image m, Color background)
    {
        super(m);
        this.background = background;
    }

    // add other constructors


    // super is synchronized - why??
    public void paintIcon(Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y)
    {
        ImageObserver o = getImageObserver();
 
        if (o == null)
            o = c;

        if (background != null) // ???
            g.drawImage(getImage(), x, y, background, o);
        else
            g.drawImage(getImage(), x ,y, o);
    }
}