Buttons on top of an image?

Question

Ok, i've got a background image, currently being displayed by a custom canvas class that simply paints the image. I need add some buttons on top of this background image, but how can I do this? The canvas class doesn't allow bottons and the like to added to them, does it? Is there some other component I can extend, set the image as its background, and then add buttons to?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class ImagePanel
public static void main(String argv[])
new ImagePanel();
public ImagePanel()
JFrame myFrame = new JFrame();
myFrame.setSize(300, 400);
myFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
myFrame.getContentPane().add(new MyPanel());
myFrame.pack();
myFrame.show();
public class MyPanel extends JPanel
ImageIcon aboutimage;
public MyPanel()
//JPanel buttonpanel = new JPanel();
aboutimage = new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("about.gif"));
this.setOpaque(false);
JButton button = new JButton("OK");
this.add(button, BorderLayout.CENTER);
public void paint(Graphics g)
aboutimage.paintIcon(this, g, 0, 0);
super.paint(g);
public Dimension getPreferredSize()
return new Dimension(aboutimage.getIconWidth(),aboutimage.getIconHeight());
} //end-class-MyPanel
} //end-class-ImagePanel