SystemBrushes Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Drawing

Assembly:

System.Drawing.Common.dll

Each property of the SystemBrushes class is a SolidBrush that is the color of a Windows display element.

public ref class SystemBrushes abstract sealed

public static class SystemBrushes

type SystemBrushes = class

Public Class SystemBrushes

Inheritance

Object

SystemBrushes

Examples

The following code example shows how to set a keyboard shortcut using the HotkeyPrefix property. It also demonstrates how to use the FromSystemColor method. To run this example, paste the code into a form, handle the form's Paint event and call the following method, passing e as PaintEventArgs.

private:
   void ShowHotKey( PaintEventArgs^ e )
   {
      // Declare the string with a keyboard shortcut.
      String^ text = "&Click Here";

      // Declare a new StringFormat.
      StringFormat^ format = gcnew StringFormat;

      // Set the HotkeyPrefix property.
      format->HotkeyPrefix = System::Drawing::Text::HotkeyPrefix::Show;

      // Draw the string.
      Brush^ theBrush = SystemBrushes::FromSystemColor( SystemColors::Highlight );
      e->Graphics->DrawString( text, this->Font, theBrush, 30, 40, format );
   }

private void ShowHotKey(PaintEventArgs e)
{

    // Declare the string with a keyboard shortcut.
    string text = "&Click Here";

    // Declare a new StringFormat.
    StringFormat format = new StringFormat();

    // Set the HotkeyPrefix property.
    format.HotkeyPrefix = System.Drawing.Text.HotkeyPrefix.Show;

    // Draw the string.
    Brush theBrush = 
        SystemBrushes.FromSystemColor(SystemColors.Highlight);

    e.Graphics.DrawString(text, this.Font, theBrush, 30, 40, format);
}

Private Sub ShowHotKey(ByVal e As PaintEventArgs)

    ' Declare the string with keyboard shortcut.
    Dim text As String = "&Click Here"

    ' Declare a new StringFormat.
    Dim format As New StringFormat

    ' Set the HotkeyPrefix property.
    format.HotkeyPrefix = System.Drawing.Text.HotkeyPrefix.Show

    ' Draw the string.
    Dim theBrush As Brush = _
        SystemBrushes.FromSystemColor(SystemColors.Highlight)
    e.Graphics.DrawString(text, Me.Font, theBrush, 30, 40, format)
End Sub

Remarks

Note

In .NET 6 and later versions, the System.Drawing.Common package, which includes this type, is only supported on Windows operating systems. Use of this type in cross-platform apps causes compile-time warnings and run-time exceptions. For more information, see System.Drawing.Common only supported on Windows.

Properties

ActiveBorder	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of the active window's border.
ActiveCaption	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of the background of the active window's title bar.
ActiveCaptionText	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of the text in the active window's title bar.
AppWorkspace	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of the application workspace.
ButtonFace	Gets a SolidBrush that is the face color of a 3-D element.
ButtonHighlight	Gets a SolidBrush that is the highlight color of a 3-D element.
ButtonShadow	Gets a SolidBrush that is the shadow color of a 3-D element.
Control	Gets a SolidBrush that is the face color of a 3-D element.
ControlDark	Gets a SolidBrush that is the shadow color of a 3-D element.
ControlDarkDark	Gets a SolidBrush that is the dark shadow color of a 3-D element.
ControlLight	Gets a SolidBrush that is the light color of a 3-D element.
ControlLightLight	Gets a SolidBrush that is the highlight color of a 3-D element.
ControlText	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of text in a 3-D element.
Desktop	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of the desktop.
GradientActiveCaption	Gets a SolidBrush that is the lightest color in the color gradient of an active window's title bar.
GradientInactiveCaption	Gets a SolidBrush that is the lightest color in the color gradient of an inactive window's title bar.
GrayText	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of dimmed text.
Highlight	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of the background of selected items.
HighlightText	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of the text of selected items.
HotTrack	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color used to designate a hot-tracked item.
InactiveBorder	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of an inactive window's border.
InactiveCaption	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of the background of an inactive window's title bar.
InactiveCaptionText	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of the text in an inactive window's title bar.
Info	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of the background of a ToolTip.
InfoText	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of the text of a ToolTip.
Menu	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of a menu's background.
MenuBar	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of the background of a menu bar.
MenuHighlight	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color used to highlight menu items when the menu appears as a flat menu.
MenuText	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of a menu's text.
ScrollBar	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of the background of a scroll bar.
Window	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of the background in the client area of a window.
WindowFrame	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of a window frame.
WindowText	Gets a SolidBrush that is the color of the text in the client area of a window.

Methods

FromSystemColor(Color)

Creates a Brush from the specified Color structure.