SystemPens.HighlightText Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Drawing

Assembly:

System.Drawing.Common.dll

Gets a Pen that is the color of the text of selected items.

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

Property Value

Pen

A Pen that is the color of the text of selected items.

Examples

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

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

Remarks

Selected items may include menu items as well as selected text. For example, the pen may be the color used for the text of selected items in a list box.

Applies to