swing - Java Fullscreen mode not working on Ubuntu

Question

So I'm using Ubuntu and when I want to enter fullscreen mode in Java, a normal window appears with max screen size, instead of a fullscreen window without title bar etc. I admit, I'm not even sure what the fullscreen mode should look like in Java, because I have not tried it on any other OS. But I assume it should be a screen without title bar. Anyone else who has this problem?

This is the code I use. ; pretty straight forward.

public static void main(String[] args) {
    GraphicsEnvironment env = GraphicsEnvironment
            .getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
    GraphicsDevice vc = env.getDefaultScreenDevice();
    JFrame window = new JFrame();
    window.setUndecorated(false);
    window.setResizable(false);
    vc.setFullScreenWindow(window);
}

Answer 1

On Ubuntu (probably other Linux distros as well) it doesn't work. Full screen mode in Java doesn't cover the full screen. It leaves the toolbars out. Always, whatever you do.

I tried the two examples above and the examples from the official FSEM tutorial and some application I know are using Java/Swing and Full screen mode (FreeCol and TripleX) and noone was able to cover the task/toolbar areas of the screen.

My configuration is Ubuntu 12.10 with either OpenJDK or SUN-JRE 1.7.0_09 and either Unity or Gnome. Interestingly the java call to isFullScreenSupported() returns true. So, while the Java JRE says it supports full screen exclusive, it doesn't.

Some possible explanations might be given in another question.