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(
int nIndex |
// display element |
); |
Value |
Meaning |
COLOR_3DDKSHADOW |
Dark shadow for three-dimensional display elements. |
COLOR_3DFACE, |
Face color for three-dimensional display elements. |
COLOR_3DHILIGHT, COLOR_3DHIGHLIGHT, COLOR_BTNHILIGHT, COLOR_BTNHIGHLIGHT |
Highlight color for three-dimensional display elements (for edges facing the light source.) |
COLOR_3DLIGHT |
Light color for three-dimensional display elements (for edges facing the light source.) |
COLOR_3DSHADOW, COLOR_BTNSHADOW |
Shadow color for three-dimensional display elements (for edges facing away from the light source). |
COLOR_ACTIVEBORDER |
Active window border. |
COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION |
Active window caption. |
COLOR_APPWORKSPACE |
Background color of multiple document interface (MDI) applications. |
COLOR_BACKGROUND, COLOR_DESKTOP |
Desktop. |
COLOR_BTNTEXT |
Text on push buttons. |
COLOR_CAPTIONTEXT |
Text in caption, size box, and scroll bar arrow box. |
COLOR_GRAYTEXT |
Grayed (disabled) text. This color is set to 0 if the current display driver does not support a solid gray color. |
COLOR_HIGHLIGHT |
Item(s) selected in a control. |
COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT |
Text of item(s) selected in a control. |
COLOR_INACTIVEBORDER |
Inactive window border. |
COLOR_INACTIVECAPTION |
Inactive window caption. |
COLOR_INACTIVECAPTIONTEXT |
Color of text in an inactive caption. |
COLOR_INFOBK |
Background color for tooltip controls. |
COLOR_INFOTEXT |
Text color for tooltip controls. |
COLOR_MENU |
Menu background. |
COLOR_MENUTEXT |
Text in menus. |
COLOR_SCROLLBAR |
Scroll bar gray area. |
COLOR_WINDOW |
Window background. |
COLOR_WINDOWFRAME |
Window frame. |
COLOR_WINDOWTEXT |
Text in windows. |
The return value is the red, green, blue (RGB) color value that specifies the color of the given element.
If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.
System colors for monochrome displays are usually interpreted as shades of gray.
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