Control.DefaultForeColor Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:: System.Windows.Forms.dll

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Gets the default foreground color of the control.

public:
 static property System::Drawing::Color DefaultForeColor { System::Drawing::Color get(); };

public static System.Drawing.Color DefaultForeColor { get; }

static member DefaultForeColor : System.Drawing.Color

Public Shared ReadOnly Property DefaultForeColor As Color

Property Value

Color

The default foreground Color of the control. The default is ControlText.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the DefaultBackColor, DefaultFont, and DefaultForeColor members. To run the example, paste the following code in a form containing a ListBox called ListBox1. Call the Populate_ListBox method in the form's constructor or Load event-handling method.

// The following method displays the default font, 
// background color and foreground color values for the ListBox  
// control. The values are displayed in the ListBox, itself.
void Populate_ListBox()
{
   ListBox1->Dock = DockStyle::Bottom;
   
   // Display the values in the read-only properties 
   // DefaultBackColor, DefaultFont, DefaultForecolor.
   ListBox1->Items->Add( String::Format( "Default BackColor: {0}", ListBox::DefaultBackColor ) );
   ListBox1->Items->Add( String::Format( "Default Font: {0}", ListBox::DefaultFont ) );
   ListBox1->Items->Add( String::Format( "Default ForeColor:{0}", ListBox::DefaultForeColor ) );
}


// The following method displays the default font, 
// background color and foreground color values for the ListBox  
// control. The values are displayed in the ListBox, itself.

private void Populate_ListBox()
{
    ListBox1.Dock = DockStyle.Bottom;

    // Display the values in the read-only properties 
    // DefaultBackColor, DefaultFont, DefaultForecolor.
    ListBox1.Items.Add("Default BackColor: " + 
        ListBox.DefaultBackColor.ToString());
    ListBox1.Items.Add("Default Font: " + 
        ListBox.DefaultFont.ToString());
    ListBox1.Items.Add("Default ForeColor:" + 
        ListBox.DefaultForeColor.ToString());
}


' The following method displays the default font, 
' background color and foreground color values for the ListBox  
' control. The values are displayed in the ListBox, itself.

Private Sub Populate_ListBox()
    ListBox1.Dock = DockStyle.Bottom

    ' Display the values in the read-only properties 
    ' DefaultBackColor, DefaultFont, DefaultForecolor.
    ListBox1.Items.Add("Default BackColor: " & ListBox.DefaultBackColor.ToString)
    ListBox1.Items.Add("Default Font: " & ListBox.DefaultFont.ToString)
    ListBox1.Items.Add("Default ForeColor:" & ListBox.DefaultForeColor.ToString)

End Sub

Remarks

This is the default ForeColor property value of a nonparented control. Derived classes can have different defaults.

Applies to

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