SystemColors Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Drawing

Assembly:

System.Drawing.Primitives.dll

Source:

SystemColors.cs

Each property of the SystemColors class is a Color structure that is the color of a Windows display element.

public ref class SystemColors abstract sealed

public static class SystemColors

type SystemColors = class

Public Class SystemColors

Inheritance

Object

SystemColors

Examples

The following code example demonstrates the Equality operator and the SystemColors class. This example is designed to be used with a Windows Form that contains a button named Button1. Paste the following code into your form and associate the Button1_Click method with the button's Click event.

void Button1_Click( System::Object^ /*sender*/, System::EventArgs^ /*e*/ )
{
   if ( this->BackColor == SystemColors::ControlDark )
   {
      this->BackColor = SystemColors::Control;
   }
}

private void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{

    if (this.BackColor == SystemColors.ControlDark)
    {
        this.BackColor = SystemColors.Control;
    }
}

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
    ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

    If (Color.op_Equality(Me.BackColor, SystemColors.ControlDark)) Then
        Me.BackColor = SystemColors.Control
    End If
End Sub

Remarks

Better performance is achieved by using the properties of the SystemPens or SystemBrushes classes rather than creating a new pen or brush based on a value from SystemColors. For example, if you wanted to get a brush for the face color of a 3-D element, use the SystemBrushes.Control property because it gets a brush that already exists, whereas calling the SolidBrush constructor with a parameter value of SystemColors.Control will create a new brush.

Properties

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