SystemPens.GrayText Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Drawing

Assembly:

System.Drawing.Common.dll

Gets a Pen that is the color of dimmed text.

public:
 static property System::Drawing::Pen ^ GrayText { System::Drawing::Pen ^ get(); };

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

static member GrayText : System.Drawing.Pen

Public Shared ReadOnly Property GrayText As Pen

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.

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

Private Sub DrawWithGrayTextPen(ByVal e As PaintEventArgs) 
    Dim rectangle1 As New Rectangle(10, 10, 100, 100)
    e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(SystemPens.GrayText, rectangle1)

End Sub

Remarks

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