How do you convert a JLabel to a Button in Java?

Question

I have a JLabel with ImageIcons of t-shirts. I want to make each t-shirt have the ability to be clicked and then it will lead to another window. How can I make each t-shirt a button while maintaining the pictures? This is just part of one of my methods and I want the shirts to become JButtons. Here is my code:

final JFrame shirts = new JFrame("T-shirts");

        JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(4, 4, 3, 3));

        for (int i = 1; i < 13; i++) {
           l = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("T-shirts/"+i+".jpg"), JLabel.CENTER);
            l.setBorder(BorderFactory.createBevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED));
            l.setFont(l.getFont().deriveFont(20f));
            panel.add(l);
        }//end of for loop


        shirts.setContentPane(panel);
        shirts.setSize(1000, 1000);
        shirts.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        shirts.setVisible(true);

Answer 1

There is no need to change to a JButton. The simplest option here is to implement a MouseListener.

This will allow you to test for mouse clicked events:

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yourLabelName.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter()  
{  
    public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e)  
    {  
       //point to the frame you want it to go to from here
       yourFrame = new JFrame("Next JFrame");
       frame.setVisible(true);

    }  
}); 

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UPDATE

shirts.this.add(l);

That will add the label to the next JFrame

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Hope this helps.

Let me know of the outcome :)