You can create an irregular-shaped shell with the setRegion method:
public void setRegion(Region region)
This shell must be created with the style NO_TRIM in order to specify a region.
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import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.MouseEvent;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.MouseListener;
import org.eclipse.swt.events.MouseMoveListener;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Point;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Rectangle;
import org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Region;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
public class RingShell {
static int[] createCircle(int radius, int centerX, int centerY) {
int[] points = new int[360 * 2];
for(int i=0; i<360; i++) {
points[i*2] = centerX + (int)(radius * Math.cos(Math.toRadians(i)));
points[i*2+1] = centerY + (int)(radius * Math.sin(Math.toRadians(i)));
}
return points;
}
static Point originalPosition = null;
public static void main(String[] args) {
final Display display = new Display();
final Shell shell = new Shell(display, SWT.NO_TRIM | SWT.ON_TOP);
shell.setBackground(display.getSystemColor(SWT.COLOR_DARK_MAGENTA));
Region region = new Region();
region.add(createCircle(100, 100, 100));
region.subtract(createCircle(50, 100, 100));
shell.setRegion(region);
// Make the shell movable by using the mouse pointer.
shell.addMouseListener(new MouseListener() {
public void mouseDoubleClick(MouseEvent e) {
shell.dispose(); // Double click to dispose the shell.
}
public void mouseDown(MouseEvent e) {
originalPosition = new Point(e.x, e.y);
}
public void mouseUp(MouseEvent e) {
originalPosition = null;
}
});
shell.addMouseMoveListener(new MouseMoveListener() {
public void mouseMove(MouseEvent e) {
if(originalPosition == null)
return;
Point point = display.map(shell, null, e.x, e.y);
shell.setLocation(point.x - originalPosition.x, point.y - originalPosition.y);
System.out.println("Moved from: " + originalPosition + " to " + point);
}
});
Rectangle regionBounds = region.getBounds();
shell.setSize(regionBounds.width, regionBounds.height);
shell.open();
// Set up the event loop.
while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
if (!display.readAndDispatch()) {
// If no more entries in event queue
display.sleep();
}
}
display.dispose();
region.dispose();
}
}