Help bring components to front!

If I have multiple components positioned at the same location, how can I bring one component to front (so you can see it) without giving it the focus?

heres what i'm trying to do:
I have a JList and a JLabel. When the user clicks/drags on the JList, the JLabel will reshape to the location of the cursor.
Right now, the label reshapes correctly, but is BEHIND the JList so you can only see it once you drag well out of the JList. I dont want to hide the JList, but rather have the JLabel appear on top the the JList.

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