import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Graphics; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class MyPanel extends JPanel { @Override protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) { // clean the panel super.paintComponent(g); // draw g.setColor(Color.RED); g.drawString("hello", (int) Math.round(Math.random() * this.getWidth()), (int) Math.round(Math.random() * this.getHeight())); } }