Java - ImageIcon won't show image

Question

searchIcon = new ImageIcon( \"searchIcon.png\" );

searchIconLabel = new JLabel();
searchIconLabel.setIcon(searchIcon);

....

searchHorizontalPanel.add( searchIconLabel         


        

Answer 1

I went through the debugger and searchIcon is showing the width and height to be -1. Does this mean the image is not being loaded?

Yes.

Read the JLabel API and you will find a link to the Swing tutorial on "How to Use Lables" which has a working example.

You will also find a section on "How to Use Icons" which shows all the different ways to specify the icon location correctly.