Image as drop target for drag and drop

Question

was wondering how I can make an image to be a drop target using the dnd api. so far from what i've seen it takes only java components to be target, so if anyone has any ideas it will be great.
thanks

Answer 1

I don't know why your DropTarget implementation doesn't work, but an alternative, more high-level way of doing what you want is to use a TransferHandler:
        canvas.setTransferHandler(new TransferHandler() {
            @Override
            public boolean canImport(TransferSupport support) {
                if (support.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.stringFlavor)) {
                    support.setDropAction(DnDConstants.ACTION_COPY);
                    return true;
                return false;
            @Override
            public boolean importData(TransferSupport support) {
                try {
                    String text = (String) support.getTransferable().getTransferData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
                    System.out.println(text);
                    return true;
                catch (Exception ex) {
                    ex.printStackTrace();
                    return false;
        });