SystemColor

Name

Description

SystemColor provides information on the colors that the windowing system uses to display windows and other graphic components. Most windowing systems allow the user to choose different color schemes; SystemColor enables programs to find out what colors are in use in order to paint themselves in a consistent manner.

Class Definition

public final class java.awt.SystemColor extends java.awt.Color implements java.io.Serializable {
 // Constants public final static int ACTIVE_CAPTION;
public final static int ACTIVE_CAPTION_BORDER;
public final static int ACTIVE_CAPTION_TEXT;
public final static int CONTROL;
public final static int CONTROL_DK_SHADOW;
public final static int CONTROL_HIGHLIGHT;
public final static int CONTROL_LT_HIGHLIGHT;
public final static int CONTROL_SHADOW;
public final static int CONTROL_TEXT;
public final static int DESKTOP;
public final static int INACTIVE_CAPTION;
public final static int INACTIVE_CAPTION_BORDER;
public final static int INACTIVE_CAPTION_TEXT;
public final static int INFO;
public final static int INFO_TEXT;
public final static int MENU;
public final static int MENU_TEXT;
public final static int NUM_COLORS;
public final static int SCROLLBAR;
public final static int TEXT;
public final static int TEXT_HIGHLIGHT;
public final static int TEXT_HIGHLIGHT_TEXT;
public final static int TEXT_INACTIVE_TEXT;
public final static int TEXT_TEXT;
public final static int WINDOW;
public final static int WINDOW_BORDER;
public final static int WINDOW_TEXT;
public final static SystemColor activeCaption;
public final static SystemColor activeCaptionBorder;
public final static SystemColor activeCaptionText;
public final static SystemColor control;
public final static SystemColor controlDkShadow;
public final static SystemColor controlHighlight;
public final static SystemColor controlLtHighlight;
public final static SystemColor controlShadow;
public final static SystemColor controlText;
public final static SystemColor desktop;
public final static SystemColor inactiveCaption;
public final static SystemColor inactiveCaptionBorder;
public final static SystemColor inactiveCaptionText;
public final static SystemColor info;
public final static SystemColor infoText;
public final static SystemColor menu;
public final static SystemColor menuText;
public final static SystemColor scrollbar;
public final static SystemColor text;
public final static SystemColor textHighlight;
public final static SystemColor textHighlightText;
public final static SystemColor textInactiveText;
public final static SystemColor textText;
public final static SystemColor window;
public final static SystemColor windowBorder;
public final static SystemColor windowText; // Public Instance Methods public int getRGB();
public String toString();
}

Constants

ACTIVE_CAPTION

public static final int ACTIVE_CAPTION

ACTIVE_CAPTION_BORDER

public static final int ACTIVE_CAPTION_BORDER

ACTIVE_CAPTION_TEXT

public static final int ACTIVE_CAPTION_TEXT

CONTROL

public static final int CONTROL

CONTROL_DK_SHADOW

public static final int CONTROL_DK_SHADOW

CONTROL_HIGHLIGHT

public static final int CONTROL_HIGHLIGHT

CONTROL_LT_HIGHLIGHT

public static final int CONTROL_LT_HIGHLIGHT

CONTROL_SHADOW

public static final int CONTROL_SHADOW

CONTROL_TEXT

public static final int CONTROL_TEXT

DESKTOP

public static final int DESKTOP

INACTIVE_CAPTION

public static final int INACTIVE_CAPTION

INACTIVE_CAPTION_BORDER

public static final int INACTIVE_CAPTION_BORDER

INACTIVE_CAPTION_TEXT

public static final int INACTIVE_CAPTION_TEXT

INFO

public static final int INFO

INFO_TEXT

public static final int INFO_TEXT

MENU

public static final int MENU

MENU_TEXT

public static final int MENU_TEXT

NUM_COLORS

public static final int NUM_COLORS

SCROLLBAR

public static final int SCROLLBAR

TEXT

public static final int TEXT

TEXT_HIGHLIGHT

public static final int TEXT_HIGHLIGHT

TEXT_HIGHLIGHT_TEXT

public static final int TEXT_HIGHLIGHT_TEXT

TEXT_INACTIVE_TEXT

public static final int TEXT_INACTIVE_TEXT

TEXT_TEXT

public static final int TEXT_TEXT

WINDOW

public static final int WINDOW

WINDOW_BORDER

public static final int WINDOW_BORDER

WINDOW_TEXT

public static final int WINDOW_TEXT

activeCaption

public static final SystemColor activeCaption

Background color for captions in window borders.

activeCaptionBorder

public static final SystemColor activeCaptionBorder

Border color for captions in window borders.

activeCaptionText

public static final SystemColor activeCaptionText

Text color for captions in window borders.

control

public static final SystemColor control

Background color for controls.

controlDkShadow

public static final SystemColor controlDkShadow

Dark shadow color for controls.

controlHighlight

public static final SystemColor controlHighlight

Highlight color for controls.

controlLtHighlight

public static final SystemColor controlLtHighlight

Light highlight color for controls.

controlShadow

public static final SystemColor controlShadow

Shadow color for controls.

controlText

public static final SystemColor controlText

Text color for controls.

desktop

public static final SystemColor desktop

Desktop background color.

inactiveCaption

public static final SystemColor inactiveCaption

Background color for inactive captions in window borders.

inactiveCaptionBorder

public static final SystemColor inactiveCaptionBorder

Border color for inactive captions in window borders.

inactiveCaptionText

public static final SystemColor inactiveCaptionText

Text color for inactive captions in window borders.

info

public static final SystemColor info

Background color for informational text.

infoText

public static final SystemColor infoText

Text color for informational text.

menu

public static final SystemColor menu

Background color for menus.

menuText

public static final SystemColor menuText

Text color for menus.

scrollbar

public static final SystemColor scrollbar

Background color for scrollbars.

text

public static final SystemColor text

Background color for text components.

textHighlight

public static final SystemColor textHighlight

Background color for highlighted text.

textHighlightText

public static final SystemColor textHighlightText

Text color for highlighted text.

textInactiveText

public static final SystemColor textInactiveText

Text color for inactive text.

textText

public static final SystemColor textText

Text color for text components.

window

public static final SystemColor window

Background color for windows.

windowBorder

public static final SystemColor windowBorder

Border color for windows.

windowText

public static final SystemColor windowText

Text color for windows.

Instance Methods

getRGB

public int getRGB()

• Returns
• Current color as a composite value
• Overrides
• Color.getRGB()
• Description
• Gets integer value of current system color.

toString

public String toString()

• Returns
• A string representation of the SystemColor object.
• Overrides
• Color.toString()

See Also

Color, Serializable, String