[PIVOT-848] Add Support for Translucent and Shaped Windows

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Fix Version/s: 2.5
• Labels: shape translucent transparent window
• Assignee: Sandro Martini
• Reporter: Sandro Martini
• Created: 03/Apr/12 11:14
• Updated: 03/Apr/12 11:16

Description

Implement Translucent and Shaped Windows (available standard in Java SE 7, but even since Java SE 6 Update 10 as private classes as fallback).
If not in a full way at least with minimal optional at the beginning.

Some info here:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/uiswing/misc/trans_shaped_windows.html

Original discussion here:
http://apache-pivot-developers.417237.n3.nabble.com/Translucent-and-Shaped-Windows-for-Pivot-2-1-td3877655.html

Issue Links

• relates to: PIVOT-141 Support background transparency in DesktopApplicationContext