Question

I’m using setUndecorated(true); and getRootPane().setWindowDecorationStyle(JRootPane.FRAME); in my jFrame. This works great but now when I maximized my frame it spreads all over the window even taskbar is not visible. What can I do to make frame not to hide taskbar?

Also when I maximize minimize my frame multiple times the cursor is changed to this <-> which is generally used change size of frame when cursor is on the border of frame. Is there anything I can do for this?

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A small code then can reproduce the thing:

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JRootPane;
public class Demo extends JFrame {
    public Demo() {
        setSize(250,125);
        setUndecorated(true);
        getRootPane().setWindowDecorationStyle(JRootPane.FRAME);
        setVisible(true);
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Demo();
    }
}

Answer 1

This is a known bug: https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug?bug_id=4737788

Quote from this link:

A workaround is to subclass JFrame and
override the setExtendedState method,
catching any maximize events before
they happen and setting the maximum
bounds of the frame appropriately
before calling the superclass’s
setExtendedState method.

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

public class PFrame extends JFrame
{
private Rectangle maxBounds;

public PFrame()
{
    super();        
    maxBounds = null;
}

//Full implementation has other JFrame constructors

public Rectangle getMaximizedBounds()
{
    return(maxBounds);
}

public synchronized void setMaximizedBounds(Rectangle maxBounds)
{
    this.maxBounds = maxBounds;
    super.setMaximizedBounds(maxBounds);
}

public synchronized void setExtendedState(int state)
{       
    if (maxBounds == null &&
        (state & Frame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH) == Frame.MAXIMIZED_BOTH)
    {
        Insets screenInsets = getToolkit().getScreenInsets(getGraphicsConfiguration());         
        Rectangle screenSize = getGraphicsConfiguration().getBounds();
        Rectangle maxBounds = new Rectangle(screenInsets.left + screenSize.x, 
                                    screenInsets.top + screenSize.y, 
                                    screenSize.x + screenSize.width - screenInsets.right - screenInsets.left,
                                    screenSize.y + screenSize.height - screenInsets.bottom - screenInsets.top);
        super.setMaximizedBounds(maxBounds);
    }
    
    super.setExtendedState(state);
}
}