SystemColors Class
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Contains system colors, system brushes, and system resource keys that correspond to system display elements.
Assembly: System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)
The SystemColors type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() | ActiveBorderColor | Gets a Color structure that is the color of the active window's border. |
![]() ![]() | ActiveCaptionColor | Gets a Color structure that is the background color of the active window's title bar. |
![]() ![]() | ActiveCaptionTextColor | Gets a Color structure that is the color of the text in the active window's title bar. |
![]() ![]() | AppWorkspaceColor | Gets a Color structure that is the color of the application workspace. |
![]() ![]() | ControlColor | Gets a Color structure that is the face color of a three-dimensional display element. |
![]() ![]() | ControlDarkColor | Gets a Color structure that is the shadow color of a three-dimensional display element. |
![]() ![]() | ControlDarkDarkColor | Gets a Color structure that is the dark shadow color of a three-dimensional display element. |
![]() ![]() | ControlLightColor | Gets a Color structure that is the light color of a three-dimensional display element. |
![]() ![]() | ControlLightLightColor | Gets a Color structure that is the highlight color of a three-dimensional display element. |
![]() ![]() | ControlTextColor | Gets a Color structure that is the color of text in a three-dimensional display element. |
![]() ![]() | DesktopColor | Gets a Color structure that is the color of the desktop. |
![]() ![]() | GrayTextColor | Gets a Color structure that is the color of disabled text. |
![]() ![]() | HighlightColor | Gets a Color structure that is the background color of selected items. |
![]() ![]() | HighlightTextColor | Gets a Color structure that is the color of the text of selected items. |
![]() ![]() | InactiveBorderColor | Gets a Color structure that is the color of an inactive window's border. |
![]() ![]() | InactiveCaptionColor | Gets a Color structure that is the background color of an inactive window's title bar. |
![]() ![]() | InactiveCaptionTextColor | Gets a Color structure that is the color of the text of an inactive window's title bar. |
![]() ![]() | InfoColor | Gets a Color structure that is the background color for the ToolTip control. |
![]() ![]() | InfoTextColor | Gets a Color structure that is the text color for the ToolTip control. |
![]() ![]() | MenuColor | Gets a Color structure that is the color of a menu's background. |
![]() ![]() | MenuTextColor | Gets a Color structure that is the color of a menu's text. |
![]() ![]() | ScrollBarColor | Gets a Color structure that is the background color of a scroll bar. |
![]() ![]() | WindowColor | Gets a Color structure that is the background color in the client area of a window. |
![]() ![]() | WindowFrameColor | Gets a Color structure that is the color of a window frame. |
![]() ![]() | WindowTextColor | Gets a Color structure that is the color of the text in the client area of a window. |
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