javaswingawtfullscreen

How to put JFrame into FullScreen and automatically rescale content


I want go full screen and keep everything inside in order.

How should I put the JFrame into full screen and rescale everything inside: images, generated drawings etc. (something like zooming it up so the content will fit the screen).

The problem is I am making full screen app, but I don't know on what screen it will be displayed.

This will put the frame into fullscreen, but the content will not be rescaled

   frame.dispose();
   frame.setUndecorated(true);
   frame.setLocation(0, 0);
   frame.setSize(java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize());
   frame.setVisible(true);
   frame.repaint();

Solution

  • If this really is what you want to do (see warnings from other answers), it's not too hard to do (but takes a little time to figure out). Basically, it involves extending JPanel, and then overwriting the paint method.

    Here's a sample that I came up with:

    import java.awt.*;
    import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;    
    import javax.swing.*;
    
    
    public class CustomPanel extends JPanel{ 
    
        Component myComponent;
    
        public CustomPanel(){
            super();
            setLayout(null);
        }
    
        /**
         * Only allows one component to be added
         */
        @Override
        public Component add(Component c){
            super.add(c);
            c.setLocation(0, 0);
            c.setSize(c.getPreferredSize());
            myComponent = c;
            return c;
        }
    
        @Override
        public void paint(final Graphics g){
    
            Dimension d = this.getSize();               
            Dimension p = myComponent.getPreferredSize();
    
            // Paints the child component to a image
            BufferedImage newImg = new BufferedImage(p.width, p.height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
            Graphics2D g2d = newImg.createGraphics();
            super.paint(g2d);
    
            // Resizes the image if necessary
            Image img;
            if(d.height > p.height && d.width > p.width){
                System.out.println("Scaled");
    
                float changePercentage = 0;
                if(d.height/p.height > d.width/p.width){
                    changePercentage = (float)d.width/(float)p.width;
                } else{
                    changePercentage = (float)d.height/(float)p.height;
                }
                System.out.println(changePercentage);
    
                int newHeight = ((Float)(p.height * changePercentage)).intValue();
                int newWidth = ((Float)(p.width * changePercentage)).intValue();
    
                img = newImg.getScaledInstance(newWidth, newHeight, 0);             
            } else{
                System.out.println("Not Scaled");
                img = newImg;
            }
    
            // Paints the image of the child component to the screen.
            g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, null);
        }
    
        public static void main(String[] args) { 
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub 
            SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){public void run(){
    
                JFrame frame = new JFrame("Zoom Panel"); 
                frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); 
                frame.setSize(300, 200); 
    
                CustomPanel buffer = new CustomPanel();
                JPanel content = new JPanel();
                content.add(new JLabel("Bogus"));
                content.setBackground(Color.red);
                buffer.add(content);
                frame.setContentPane(buffer);
    
                frame.setVisible(true); 
                new CustomPanel();
    
            }}); 
        } 
    
    }