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Asked: 2026-06-07T11:22:48+00:00

I just want to know if it is possible in Java to create a

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I just want to know if it is possible in Java to create a frame which is located between the desktop background and the icons on it.

Basically I try to create an “animated desktop background” in Java using Windows 7.

I found some tutorials on how to create a fully transparent window, but the problem remaining is, that this window is still in front of the desktop icons, so its more like a “desktop foreground”.

Is there a way to make this foreground to a background?
Are there other ways to achieve this in “pure” Java?

But I guess the only way realizing it with Java is native code via JNI/JNA.
Hopefully you can tell me that I’m wrong 😉

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  1. Editorial Team

    You cannot do it using Swing/AWT. Since the windows api is in c++, it is possible to call some of the functions using JNI.

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