ImageIcon not showing in JButton

Question

I am trying to display an icon in a JButton, but when I run the application, it just shows a blank JButton with no image inside. The path is correct and I am not getting any errors...just a blank button. I'm not sure where I am going wrong.

    JButton quickGuide = new JButton();
    Icon icon1 = new ImageIcon("/Project1/images/quickGuideIcon.png");
    quickGuide.setIcon(icon1);
    quickGuide.setBounds(490, 10, 50, 50);
    quickGuide.setContentAreaFilled(false);

Answer 1

The Path you see in Eclipse is relative to the project's root:

Location tag contains the full path you need to provide.

You can also provide relative path to the location where the JVM is launched like this: "./relative/path/to/file" . Notice the dot in front of the relative path.

If you plan to locate the image inside the jar file use:

new ImageIcon(getClass().getResource("images/quickGuideIcon.png"));

where the above location is classpath relative.