Question

So I have an image:

ImageIcon i = new ImageIcon("foo.png");
JLabel j = new JLabel(i);

And I have a JFrame that is 600 X 600.

frame.setSize(600, 600);
frame.setLayout(null);

I want to have the bottom of the image touching the bottom of the frame, so I thought this would work:

j.setBounds(250, 600 - i.getIconHeight(), i.getIconWidth(), i.getIconHeight());

But the image sticks out of the bottom of the frame and not all of it is shown. The bottom of the image is below the frame.

EDIT: I need to use absolute positioning for this application (a game).

EDIT2: Here is the code for reference:

import javax.swing.*;

public class Test extends JFrame {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Test();
    }

    private Test() {
        setSize(600, 600);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        setLayout(null);

        ImageIcon i = new ImageIcon("foo.png");
        JLabel j = new JLabel(i);
        add(j);
        j.setBounds(250, 600 - i.getIconHeight(), i.getIconWidth(), i.getIconHeight());

        setVisible(true);
    }
}

Answer 1

although I would prefer using layout managers for this,just to answer your problem, the parameters of setBounds() are

x-coordinate, y-coordinate, width and height

You got the idea right that you have to adjust to the frame’s size but I think what you need to adjust there is the second parameter which is the y not the height of the Image Icon