SystemColors.ActiveBorderColor Property
Gets a Color structure that is the color of the active window's border.
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation, http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2007/xaml/presentation
To use a system color in a gradient, you use the <SystemColor>Color and <SystemColor>ColorKey static properties of the SystemColors class to obtain a reference to the color, where <SystemColor> is the name of the desired system color. Use the <SystemColor>ColorKey properties when you want to create a dynamic reference that updates automatically as the system theme changes. Otherwise, use the <SystemColor>Color properties.
The following example uses dynamic system color resources to create a gradient.
<Page xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" WindowTitle="Dynamic System Colors Example" Background="White"> <StackPanel Margin="20"> <!-- Uses dynamic references to system colors to set the colors of gradient stops. If these system colors change while this application is running, the gradient will be updated automatically. --> <Button Content="Hello, World!"> <Button.Background> <LinearGradientBrush> <LinearGradientBrush.GradientStops> <GradientStop Offset="0.0" Color="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.DesktopColorKey}}" /> <GradientStop Offset="1.0" Color="{DynamicResource {x:Static SystemColors.ControlLightLightColorKey}}" /> </LinearGradientBrush.GradientStops> </LinearGradientBrush> </Button.Background> </Button> </StackPanel> </Page>
The next example uses static system color resources to create a gradient.
<Page xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" WindowTitle="Static System Colors Example" Background="White"> <StackPanel Margin="20"> <!-- Uses static references to system colors to set the colors of gradient stops. If these system colors change while this application is running, this button will not be updated until the page is loaded again. --> <Button Content="Hello, World!"> <Button.Background> <LinearGradientBrush> <LinearGradientBrush.GradientStops> <GradientStop Offset="0.0" Color="{x:Static SystemColors.DesktopColor}" /> <GradientStop Offset="1.0" Color="{x:Static SystemColors.ControlLightLightColor}" /> </LinearGradientBrush.GradientStops> </LinearGradientBrush> </Button.Background> </Button> </StackPanel> </Page>
This example is part of larger sample; for the complete sample, see the System Brushes and Colors Sample.
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003
The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
