Placing component on Glass Pane

Question

I have a subclass of JLabel that forms a component of my GUI. I have implemented the ability to drag and drop the component from one container to another, but without any v

Answer 1

Although tangential to the question, the JLayeredPane example cited by @camickr admits the following adaptation, which highlights the effect of mouseReleased() over an existing component.

public ChessBoard() {
    ...
    // Add a few pieces to the board
    addPiece(3, 0, "♛"); 
    addPiece(4, 0, "♚");
    addPiece(3, 7, "♕");
    addPiece(4, 7, "♔");
}

static Font font = new Font("Sans", Font.PLAIN, 72);

private void addPiece(int col, int row, String glyph) {
    JLabel piece = new JLabel(glyph, JLabel.CENTER);
    piece.setFont(font);
    JPanel panel = (JPanel) chessBoard.getComponent(col + row * 8);
    panel.add(piece);
}