title: Adding a JLabel on top of a JPanel
body: <p>I attempting to place a .jpg icon on top of a JPanel in order to represent a board piece on a board. I have a GUI folder with the .java files and another folder containing the .jpg files.</p>
  
  <p>--Major Edit--
  Example Code</p>
  
  <p>When a square is clicked a white icon is meant to be placed then black etc etc. This is a very basic example of what im trying to achieve</p>
  
  <pre><code>import java.awt.Dimension;
  
  import javax.swing.*;
  import java.awt.*;
  import java.awt.event.*;
  
  public class gui extends JFrame implements MouseListener {
  
  /**
   * 
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = -973341728129968945L;
  JLayeredPane layeredPane;
  JPanel board;
  JLabel piece;
  int numSquares;
  private boolean currentPlayer;
  
  public gui(){
  
      Dimension boardSize = new Dimension(600, 600);
  
      numSquares = 6;
      currentPlayer = true;
  
      layeredPane = new JLayeredPane();
      getContentPane().add(layeredPane);
      layeredPane.setPreferredSize(boardSize);
      layeredPane.addMouseListener(this);
  
      board = new JPanel();
      layeredPane.add(board, JLayeredPane.DEFAULT_LAYER);
  
      board.setLayout( new GridLayout(numSquares, numSquares) );
      board.setPreferredSize( boardSize );
      board.setBounds(0, 0, boardSize.width, boardSize.height);
  
      for (int i = 0; i &lt; (numSquares * numSquares); i++) {
          JPanel square = new JPanel( new BorderLayout() );
          square.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(Color.black));
          square.setBackground(Color.green);
          board.add( square );
  
  
       }
  
  
  
  }
  
  public static void main(String[] args) {
          JFrame frame = new gui();
          frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE );
          frame.pack();
          frame.setResizable(true);
          frame.setLocationRelativeTo( null );
          frame.setVisible(true);
       }
  
  
  
  @Override
  public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
      JPanel temp =  (JPanel)board.findComponentAt(e.getX(), e.getY());
      System.out.println(e.getX() + " " + e.getY());
  
      if( currentPlayer ){
          ImageIcon white = new ImageIcon("l/Images/white.jpg");
          piece = new JLabel(white);
          temp.add(piece);
      }
      else{   
          ImageIcon black = new ImageIcon( "/Images/black.jpg");
          piece = new JLabel(black);
          temp.add(piece);
      }
      currentPlayer = !currentPlayer;
  
  
  }
  
  
  @Override
  public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
  
  
  }
  
  @Override
  public void mouseExited(MouseEvent arg0) {
      // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  
  }
  
  @Override
  public void mousePressed(MouseEvent arg0) {
      // TODO Auto-generated method stub
  
  }
  
  @Override
  public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
  
  }
  
  
  
  
  }
  </code></pre>