public static void main(String[] args) { final Display display = new Display(); final Image image = display.getSystemImage(SWT.ICON_INFORMATION); final Shell shell = new Shell(display, SWT.NO_TRIM); Region region = new Region(); final ImageData imageData = image.getImageData(); if (imageData.alphaData != null) { Rectangle pixel = new Rectangle(0, 0, 1, 1); for (int y = 0; y < imageData.height; y++) { for (int x = 0; x < imageData.width; x++) { if (imageData.getAlpha(x, y) == 255) { pixel.x = imageData.x + x; pixel.y = imageData.y + y; region.add(pixel); } } } } else { ImageData mask = imageData.getTransparencyMask(); Rectangle pixel = new Rectangle(0, 0, 1, 1); for (int y = 0; y < mask.height; y++) { for (int x = 0; x < mask.width; x++) { if (mask.getPixel(x, y) != 0) { pixel.x = imageData.x + x; pixel.y = imageData.y + y; region.add(pixel); } } } } shell.setRegion(region); Listener l = new Listener() { /** The x/y of the MouseDown, relative to top-left of the shell. */ int startX, startY; @Override public void handleEvent(Event e) { if (e.type == SWT.KeyDown && e.character == SWT.ESC) { shell.dispose(); } if (e.type == SWT.MouseDown && e.button == 1) { Point p = shell.toDisplay(e.x, e.y); Point loc = shell.getLocation(); startX = p.x - loc.x; startY = p.y - loc.y; } if (e.type == SWT.MouseMove && (e.stateMask & SWT.BUTTON1) != 0) { Point p = shell.toDisplay(e.x, e.y); p.x -= startX; p.y -= startY; shell.setLocation(p); } if (e.type == SWT.Paint) { e.gc.drawImage(image, imageData.x, imageData.y); } } }; shell.addListener(SWT.KeyDown, l); shell.addListener(SWT.MouseDown, l); shell.addListener(SWT.MouseMove, l); shell.addListener(SWT.Paint, l); shell.open(); while (!shell.isDisposed()) { if (!display.readAndDispatch()) display.sleep(); } region.dispose(); image.dispose(); display.dispose(); }