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Reference for unit 'InterfaceBase' (#lcl)

TWidgetSet.GetSysColor

Retrieves the system color for standard display elements.

Declaration

Source position: winapih.inc line 146

public function TWidgetSet.GetSysColor(

nIndex: Integer

):DWORD; virtual;

Arguments

nIndex

The system color type.

Function result

The RGB color.

Description

These are the available display elements:

COLOR_3DDKSHADOW
COLOR_3DFACE, COLOR_BTNFACE
COLOR_3DHIGHLIGHT, COLOR_3DHILIGHT, COLOR_BTNHILIGHT, COLOR_BTNHIGHLIGHT
COLOR_3DLIGHT
COLOR_3DSHADOW, COLOR_BTNSHADOW
COLOR_ACTIVEBORDER
COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION
COLOR_APPWORKSPACE
COLOR_BACKGROUND, COLOR_DESKTOP
COLOR_BTNTEXT
COLOR_CAPTIONTEXT
COLOR_GRADIENTACTIVECAPTION
COLOR_GRADIENTINACTIVECAPTION
COLOR_GRAYTEXT
COLOR_HIGHLIGHT
COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT
COLOR_HOTLIGHT
COLOR_INACTIVEBORDER
COLOR_INACTIVECAPTION
COLOR_INACTIVECAPTIONTEXT
COLOR_INFOBK
COLOR_INFOTEXT
COLOR_MENU
COLOR_MENUHILIGHT
COLOR_MENUBAR
COLOR_MENUTEXT
COLOR_SCROLLBAR
COLOR_WINDOW
COLOR_WINDOWFRAME
COLOR_WINDOWTEXT

Since all returned values are valid colors, errors cannot be detected. GetSysColorBrush instead returns a zero handle on failure.

See also

TWidgetSet.GetSysColorBrush

Retrieves a system brush for standard display elements.

Version 4.0

Generated 2025-05-03