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Question

I have a JFrame with lots and lots of JLabels on it...I want to paint the JFrame background and make the JLabels' background transparent...I use the following in my JFrame's paint method:
public static class statWindow extends JFrame {
statWindow(String caption) {
super(caption);
public void paint(Graphics g) {
super.paint(g);
window.setBackground(Color.white);
the window flickers white for a second, but then returns to that dull gray...two of the JLabels whose background i explicitly set to the window's bgcolor turn white; why does that matter? am i tying a reference to the window's background? and why won't the window stay white?

Answer 1

(not all code listed..)
public statWindow window;
public static class statWindow extends JFrame {
statWindow(String caption) {
super(caption);
public void paint(Graphics g) {                                   
super.paint(g); // to make JLabels appear even though i am painting 3drect's below
if (currSelectedMatchup == -1) {
return;
for (int i = 0; i < 12; i += 2) {
g.draw3DRect(10,37 * i + 60,250,55,false);
for (int j = 0; j < 9; j++) {
for (int h = 0; h < 2; h++) {
g.draw3DRect(h * 350 + 275,55 * j + 60,337,50,false);
more code
public static void main() {
window = new statWindow("StatTracker - Week " + currWeek);
window.setBackground(Color.white);
}