# Making a program without a window border (and no background, just the shape)

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**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [March 13, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/making-a-program-without-a-window-border-and-no-background-just-the-shape/41260 "2023-03-13T07:05:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 2:31am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/making-a-program-without-a-window-border-and-no-background-just-the-shape/41260/19 "2026-01-25T02:31:05Z")

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Hello folks!

Update to solution for Processing 4.4.10 on W10 that creates an image to use:

> [@How to make a program windowless/frameless?](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-make-a-program-windowless-frameless/22321/13):
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> Hello folks! This will work on W10 and Processing 4.4.10 in a Swing window: /\* Processing Educational Sketch: ----------------------------- This sketch demonstrates how to: 1. Load an image (locally or from the web) for use in Swing. 2. Display it in a floating, undecorated JFrame overlay. Key Teaching Points: - Processing is used only to launch the application; all rendering happens in Swing - JFrame is a top-level Swing window - BufferedImage stores the image in memory - Image…

You can substitute your own image if desired:

You can download image first and use locally:  
_[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Processing\_2021\_logo.svg/240px-Processing\_2021\_logo.svg.png](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Processing_2021_logo.svg/240px-Processing_2021_logo.svg.png)_

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/3X/d/3/d3597ace9e8dce4192baa66395c84c73e12a4fd0.png)

`:)`

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