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Paint on top of a JComponent

I have a JPanel which has few JComponents added to it. I have overridden paintComponent method of JPanel where I am drawing some shapes on JPanel.

public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
    super.paintComponent(g);
    g.fillOval(20, 6, 12, 12);
    g.setColor(Color.BLUE);
    g.setFont(FontStore.FRIENDS_BLOCK_OPTION_FONT);
    g.drawString("12", 26, 12);
    g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
}

However the shapes which I am drawing through paintComponent is rendering behind the JComponent. How can I draw shapes whose z-index is higher than components added to JPanel ?

Solution

  • If possible, use either a Glass Pane or JLayer to paint over other components