Introduction
try { // Get the text pane's document JTextPane textPane = new JTextPane(); StyledDocument doc = (StyledDocument)textPane.getDocument(); // The image must first be wrapped in a style Style style = doc.addStyle("StyleName", null); StyleConstants.setIcon(style, new ImageIcon("imagefile")); // Insert the image at the end of the text doc.insertString(doc.getLength(), "ignored text", style); } catch (BadLocationException e) { }