Making a program without a window border

Processing Coding Questions
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ok, I was wondering if there a way to make a program using processing let say I’m making a stick figure, but I want the figure to appear on my screen instead of in the display box.
what usually happens

screen
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what i want to happen

screen
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yes i messed up with the pics but you should get the idea

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You can try fullScreen() with the surface settings, if you want a transparent background, im not sure if its possible, cant quite remember

void setup(){
  fullScreen();
  surface.setSize(300,300);
  surface.setLocation(displayWidth/2-(width/2),displayHeight/2-(height/2));
}

void draw(){
  background(0);
}
3

If I use fullScreen then I need to be able to view my screen I want the program to appear on my screen

4

Yeah, thats why you use surface.setSize() makes it full screen then shrinks it down, try my code example

5

I tried your code and got black box on my screen i want the stick figure to show up with no background just the stick figure.

6

I thought you just wanted the screen without a border, all I used was a background of black hence the black box, as I said, im not sure if transparent backgrounds are a thing anymore, pretty sure they used to be in older versions, maybe using JFrame or something more advanced

7

I want to create a program that looks like the character is actually on your screen. No background no boaders.

8

All my code does is remove the border, hope someone can help with the background

9

Thanks I’ll make something to give better example. I’m pretty sure i’m not clear enough.
Here is a better example. I totally forgot why I started this lol.
You can see the stick figure aka the program is moving but you dont see boarders or background. I was thinking using fullscreen then somehow get the screen every frame, but is there an easier way.

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Hi @ctremblay,

you can also do it like this by set undecorated and apply any shape for the frame …
(for simplicity just used a round rectangle)

Cheers
— mnse

import javax.swing.*;
import processing.awt.*;
import java.awt.geom.*;

JFrame frame;

void setup() {
  size(400,400);
  frame=(JFrame) ((PSurfaceAWT.SmoothCanvas)getSurface().getNative()).getFrame();  
  frame.dispose();
  frame.setUndecorated(true);
  frame.setShape(new RoundRectangle2D.Double(0, 0, width, height, 50, 50));
  frame.setVisible(true);
  textSize(50);
  textAlign(CENTER);
}

void draw() {
  background(255,0,255);
  fill(0,0,255);
  text("Hello World!",width/2,height/2);    
}

dummyframe

a bit more complex your window could also look like this … :slight_smile:

dummyframe2
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PS: any shape mentioned above implied also your sticky man …