Transparent JButton

Question

Is it possible to make a JButton transparent (including the border) but not the text? I extend swing's JButton and override this:

@Override public void paint(Graphics g) {     Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g.create();     g2.setComposite(AlphaComposite.getInstance(AlphaComposite.SRC_OVER, 0));     super.paint(g2);     g2.dispose(); } 

but it makes everything transparent, including the text. Thanks.

Answer 1

button.setOpaque(false); button.setContentAreaFilled(false); button.setBorderPainted(false); 

Answer 2

The following should do the trick.

public class PlainJButton extends JButton {      public PlainJButton (String text){         super(text);         setBorder(null);         setBorderPainted(false);         setContentAreaFilled(false);         setOpaque(false);     }      // sample test method     public static void main(String[] args) {         JFrame frame = new JFrame();         JPanel pane = new JPanel();         frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);         pane.add(new PlainJButton("HI!!!!"));         frame.add(pane);         frame.pack();         frame.setVisible(true);     } }