Can I make an invisible control?

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From: Ted Byers
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 15:32

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Here is what I need (and could do almost blindfolded in Borland's C++
Builder).

I need a component that could hold a bitmap, and which can have a size set
independantly of the size of the bitmap, and which can have a size, measured
in pixels, even if it doesn't have bitmap data and so would be invisible.
And this component ought to respond to all mouse events and have its own
cursor.  Is there such a component in swing?  I ask because this is an easy
way to create "hot spots" over top of another control that has a large image
(but without the aggravation of figuring out the exact top, bottom, left and
right edges of the desired hotspot and then calculating whether or not the
mouse is presently over the hotspot - I would instead be able to just
visually place and size the control).

Thanks,

Ted

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