How do I set visibility priority of objects? Chat app. Java Jframe, Netbeans

Question

I'm making a chat app. that looks like this:

I have a submenu called "private" that toggles the users rights to read chatlogs.

However, when I read chatlogs into the Jtextarea (the chatbox), the submenus appear behind the chat history label.

The label isn't a component of the Jtextarea. How do I fix this?

EDIT More information. I know that the problem occurs when I read in a chatlog, because I no longer have this problem when removing the following from the code. chatBox.read(reader, chatLog); What I mean by not having this problem is, I can toggle the private on and off and click on objects in the friendlist, without the "chatroom" label getting in the way of the submenu.

Answer 1

Don't use a Label. That is an AWT component. Use a JLabel which is a Swing component. – camickr