GetSysColor
The GetSysColor
function retrieves the current color of the specified display element. Display
elements are the parts of a window and the Windows display that appear on the
system display screen.
DWORD GetSysColor(
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int nIndex |
// display element |
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); |
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Parameters
nIndex
Specifies the
display element whose color is to be retrieved. This parameter must be one of
the following values:
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Value |
Meaning |
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COLOR_3DDKSHADOW |
Dark shadow
for three-dimensional display elements. |
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COLOR_3DFACE,
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Face color
for three-dimensional display elements. |
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COLOR_3DHILIGHT,
COLOR_3DHIGHLIGHT, COLOR_BTNHILIGHT, COLOR_BTNHIGHLIGHT |
Highlight
color for three-dimensional display elements (for edges facing the light
source.) |
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COLOR_3DLIGHT |
Light color
for three-dimensional display elements (for edges facing the light source.) |
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COLOR_3DSHADOW,
COLOR_BTNSHADOW |
Shadow
color for three-dimensional display elements (for edges facing away from the
light source). |
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COLOR_ACTIVEBORDER |
Active
window border. |
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COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION |
Active
window caption. |
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COLOR_APPWORKSPACE |
Background
color of multiple document interface (MDI) applications. |
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COLOR_BACKGROUND,
COLOR_DESKTOP |
Desktop. |
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COLOR_BTNTEXT |
Text on
push buttons. |
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COLOR_CAPTIONTEXT |
Text in
caption, size box, and scroll bar arrow box. |
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COLOR_GRAYTEXT |
Grayed
(disabled) text. This color is set to 0 if the current display driver does
not support a solid gray color. |
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COLOR_HIGHLIGHT |
Item(s)
selected in a control. |
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COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT |
Text of
item(s) selected in a control. |
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COLOR_INACTIVEBORDER |
Inactive
window border. |
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COLOR_INACTIVECAPTION |
Inactive
window caption. |
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COLOR_INACTIVECAPTIONTEXT |
Color of
text in an inactive caption. |
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COLOR_INFOBK |
Background
color for tooltip controls. |
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COLOR_INFOTEXT |
Text color
for tooltip controls. |
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COLOR_MENU |
Menu
background. |
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COLOR_MENUTEXT |
Text in
menus. |
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COLOR_SCROLLBAR |
Scroll bar
gray area. |
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COLOR_WINDOW |
Window
background. |
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COLOR_WINDOWFRAME |
Window
frame. |
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COLOR_WINDOWTEXT |
Text in
windows. |
Return Values
If the
function succeeds, the return value is the red, green, blue (RGB) color value
that specifies the color of the given element.
Remarks
System colors
for monochrome displays are usually interpreted as shades of gray.
See Also