!7 p-awt { JLabel label = new JLabel("TEST"); //imageIcon("#1005616")); new JWindow w; w.add(label); w.pack(); w.setLocation(150, getScreenHeight()-40); w.setAlwaysOnTop(true); // translucency magic //w.setOpacity(0.5f); // JDK 7+ label.setOpaque(false); //w.setBackground(new Color(0, 0, 0, 0)); com.sun.awt.AWTUtilities.setWindowOpaque(w, false); w.setVisible(true); }