i wanna know if its possible to set one of my JPanels as my background ??
i have been googling up all day n i only find dat u can attach a .gif as ur background or juz plain colour but haven been able to find anything on this... please help wit this... i would need a reply asap as im at wits' end trying to complete this.. ... thank you...

I'm not certain if I understand what you are trying to do exactly, but perhaps it is this: http://faq.javaranch.com/java/BackgroundImageOnJPanel ?

I'm not certain either, but if you mean use it like a desktop picture, try putting it in a JFrame and setting the JFrame with a combination of stuff like
setUndecorated(true);
setFocusableWindowState(false);
toBack();