Hi All,

To add image as background image in JPanel ,JLabel is used for example:-

        setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        try {                
            image =  ImageIO.read(new File("D:\\New folder (2)\\fish.jpg"));

         } catch (IOException ex) {
              // handle exception...
             System.out.println("error");
         }
        JLabel picLabel = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(image));
        picLabel.setLayout(null);
        picLabel.setLocation(0, 0);
        picLabel.setSize(750, 100);
        picLabel.setVisible(true);

        add(picLabel,BorderLayout.NORTH);

In this first i assigned border layout to parent container then add JLabel in BorderLayout.NORTH which means at top of parent controller.

Using same you can assign image to JButton as follow:-

       JButton button = new JButton(new ImageIcon(buttonIcon));
        button.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder());
        button.setContentAreaFilled(false);
        button.setBounds(5,72,24,24);
        picLabel.add(button);

Now i added JButton with image. SetBound method is used to give location and size to JButton