SystemPens.GrayText Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Drawing

Assembly:

System.Drawing.Common.dll

Source:

SystemPens.cs

Gets a Pen that is the color of dimmed text.

C#

public static System.Drawing.Pen GrayText { get; }

Property Value

Pen

A Pen that is the color of dimmed text.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the GrayText property. To run this example, paste it into a Windows Form. Handle the form's Paint event and call the DrawWithGrayTextPen method from the Paint event-handling method, passing e as PaintEventArgs.

C#

private void DrawWithGrayTextPen(PaintEventArgs e)
{
    Rectangle rectangle1 = new Rectangle(10, 10, 100, 100);
    e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(SystemPens.GrayText, rectangle1);
}

Remarks

Items in a list that are disabled are displayed in dimmed text.

Applies to