How to draw a 3Drect in a JPanel.

Question

Hi, I'd like to draw a 3D rectangle in a panal to make some components looks grouped. e.g. if I have a name(JLabel: JTextField) and address(JLabel:JTextField) in a panel and want to draw a 3D rectangle around these two fields, how can I do that? Looks that the paint(Graphics g) doesn't work here.
The following is my test program, it has two files, an applet as program entrance and a Panel to draw on:
// TestApplet.java
import javax.swing.*;
public class TestApplet extends JApplet     {
     public void init()     {
          TopPanel tp = new TopPanel();
          add(tp);
// TopPanel.java
import javax.swing.*;
public class TopPanel extends JPanel     {
     public TopPanel()     {
          JLabel lb = new JLabel("test");
          add(lb);
          Choice c = new Choice();
          c.add("1");
          c.add("2");
          add(c);
     public void paint(Graphics g)     {
          g.draw3DRect(5, 5, 40, 40, false);
          super.paint(g);
}

Answer 1

sorry for the messy code.
I've tried switching the two lines, but it doesn't
work. :(
Here is the repost of the code, I don't know why I
can't edit the original post....
// TestApplet.java
import javax.swing.*;
public class TestApplet extends JApplet     {
     public void init()     {
          TopPanel tp = new TopPanel();
          add(tp);
// TopPanel.java
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class TopPanel extends JPanel     {
     public TopPanel()     {
          JLabel lb = new JLabel("test");
          add(lb);
          Choice c = new Choice();
          c.add("1");
          c.add("2");
          add(c);
     public void paint(Graphics g)     {
          super.paint(g);
          g.draw3DRect(5, 5, 40, 40, false);
1. You can only edit posts that have not been replied to.
2. Your code worked for me? (What is the problem).
3. Suggestions use a JComboBox instead of Choice. (It is not good to mix AWT and Swing.) Also you should be overiding paintComponentinstead of paint.
          @Override
          public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
               super.paintComponent(g);
               g.draw3DRect(5, 5, 40, 40, false);
          }