Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Image; import java.awt.event.MouseEvent; import java.awt.event.MouseListener; import javax.swing.ImageIcon; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JTextArea; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame f = new JFrame(); MyTextArea txt = new MyTextArea(); f.getContentPane().add(txt); f.getContentPane().add(new JButton("OK"), BorderLayout.SOUTH); f.pack(); f.setVisible(true); } } class MyTextArea extends JTextArea implements MouseListener { private Image myImage; public MyTextArea() { addMouseListener(this); } public void addImage(Image image) { this.myImage = image; invalidate(); repaint(); } @Override public void paintComponent(Graphics g) { super.paintComponent(g); g.drawImage(myImage, 0, 0, this); } @Override public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) { ImageIcon img = new ImageIcon("yourImage.png"); //place image in your working directory addImage(img.getImage()); } @Override public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) { } @Override public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) { } @Override public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) { } @Override public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) { } }