The image I need has to move around the screen
An important piece of information missing in the original question. I don’t have a problem using a null layout for this.
I wanted to move around with arrow keys on the screen?
And don’t use a KeyListener for this. Instead you should be using Key Bindings.
See the KeyboardAnimation.java
code found in Motion Using the Keyboard for one solution to this problem.
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solved ImageIcon by JLabel example with absolute positioning