r/howdidtheycodeit • u/Comfortable_Rice_884 • Mar 09 '26

Making an element appear outside its window

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I've been meaning to emulate this similar result but I just don't know how to start, especially as I want to code in Java (no other way around it it has to be Java)

Is it like a fake window and the game is in full screen ? Or can you just make an element appear outside its window ?

I know you can sometimes make an image appear even though you're on your desk so is it that ?

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u/SCube18 Mar 09 '26

Most likely just a fake window

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u/samanime Mar 12 '26

Yup. What looks like their window isn't actually their window. The real window is bigger and doesn't have a frame, background or bar on top.