Translucent JFrame repaint

• download example.jar
• download src.zip
• repository

Code

DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("HH:mm:ss");
JLabel label = new JLabel(LocalTime.now().format(formatter), SwingConstants.CENTER);
Timer timer = new Timer(100, null);
timer.addActionListener(e -> {
  label.setText(LocalTime.now().format(formatter));
  Container parent = SwingUtilities.getUnwrappedParent(label);
  if (Objects.nonNull(parent) && parent.isOpaque()) {
    repaintWindowAncestor(label);
  }
});
// ...
private void repaintWindowAncestor(JComponent c) {
  JRootPane root = c.getRootPane();
  if (root == null) {
    return;
  }
  Rectangle r = SwingUtilities.convertRectangle(c, c.getBounds(), root);
  root.repaint(r.x, r.y, r.width, r.height);
}

References

• Translucent JFrame repaint(Japanese)

Translucent JFrame

• download example.jar
• download src.zip
• repository

Code

JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
// com.sun.awt.AWTUtilities.setWindowOpacity(frame, .5f);
com.sun.awt.AWTUtilities.setWindowOpaque(frame, false); // 6u14
// 1.7.0 frame.setBackground(new Color(0, 0, 0, 0));
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JPanel p = new JPanel();
p.add(new JButton("JButton"));
p.setBackground(new Color(.5f, .8f, .5f, .5f));
frame.getContentPane().add(p);
frame.setSize(320, 240);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);

References

• Translucent JFrame(Japanese)
• www.viva-edo.com/komon/edokomon

JMenuBar Background Image

• download example.jar
• download src.zip
• repository

Code

public JMenuBar createMenubar() {
  final TexturePaint texture = makeTexturePaint();
  JMenuBar mb = new JMenuBar() {
    @Override protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
      super.paintComponent(g);
      Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) g.create();
      g2.setPaint(texture);
      g2.fillRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
      g2.dispose();
    }
  };
  mb.setOpaque(false);
  String[] menuKeys = {"File", "Edit", "Help"};
  for (String key: menuKeys) {
    JMenu m = createMenu(key);
    if (m != null) {
      mb.add(m);
    }
  }
  return mb;
}

private JMenu createMenu(String key) {
  JMenu menu = new JMenu(key) {
    @Override protected void fireStateChanged() {
      ButtonModel m = getModel();
      if (m.isPressed() && m.isArmed()) {
        setOpaque(true);
      } else if (m.isSelected()) {
        setOpaque(true);
      } else if (isRolloverEnabled() && m.isRollover()) {
        setOpaque(true);
      } else {
        setOpaque(false);
      }
      super.fireStateChanged();
    };
  };
  if ("Windows XP".equals(System.getProperty("os.name"))) {
    menu.setBackground(new Color(0x0, true)); // XXX: Windows XP lnf?
  }
  menu.add("JMenuItem1");
  menu.add("JMenuItem2");
  menu.add("JMenuItem3");
  return menu;
}

References

• JMenuBar Background Image(Japanese)