JFrame with blurred transparent background

Question

I would like to do a blur on the background of the JFrame which is transparent to show what is happening underneath it, but I have no idea how can I blur the background and avoi

Answer 1

You can do this very easily and there are multiple ways.Following is the sample code how you can do this.

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.GraphicsDevice;
import java.awt.GraphicsDevice.WindowTranslucency;
import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;


public class transparentWindow extends JFrame {

public transparentWindow() {
    // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
    //JFrame jfrm=new JFrame("Transparent Window");
    setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    setSize(300,200);
    getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
    //setBackground(new Color(0,0,0,0));

    add(new JButton("Enter"));
    setOpacity(0.7f);
    setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    GraphicsEnvironment ge=GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
    GraphicsDevice gd=ge.getDefaultScreenDevice();
    if(!gd.isWindowTranslucencySupported(WindowTranslucency.TRANSLUCENT))
    {
        System.out.println("Transparency not supported");
        System.exit(0);
    }
    JFrame.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true);
    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){public void run(){new transparentWindow();}});
}

}

With this you can even watch the live video through it .You can adjust the transparency level as well.The output is as follows :-