So i can try and ask my problem but for your sake and my sake i have created a simple image in photoshop to try to tell you what i want to achieve:
I have tried to work with the Opaque stuff in AWTUtilities but it does not seem to work do you guys have any idea how i can achieve this??
I do need the native windows border so i can drag and drop the window and also need the resize function.
Thanks in advance
For a transparent/transuculent JFrame
see here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/misc/trans_shaped_windows.html which explains translucent Windows in Java.
You need to call setOpacity()
.
Here is also a small example :
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import static java.awt.GraphicsDevice.WindowTranslucency.*;
public class TranslucentWindowDemo extends JFrame {
public TranslucentWindowDemo() {
super("TranslucentWindow");
setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
setSize(300, 200);
setLocationRelativeTo(null);
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//Add a sample button.
add(new JButton("I am a Button"));
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Determine if the GraphicsDevice supports translucency.
GraphicsEnvironment ge =
GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
GraphicsDevice gd = ge.getDefaultScreenDevice();
//If translucent windows aren't supported, exit.
if (!gd.isWindowTranslucencySupported(TRANSLUCENT)) {
System.err.println(
"Translucency is not supported");
System.exit(0);
}
JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
// Create the GUI on the event-dispatching thread
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
TranslucentWindowDemo tw = new TranslucentWindowDemo();
// Set the window to 55% opaque (45% translucent).
tw.setOpacity(0.55f);
// Display the window.
tw.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}