| COLORREF GetSysColor(nDspElement) | ||||
| int nDspElement; | /* display element, */ | |||
The GetSysColor function retrieves the current color of the specified display element. Display elements are the various parts of a window and the Windows display that appear on the system screen.
nDspElement
Specifies the display element whose color is to be retrieved. This parameter can be one of the following values:
| Value | Meaning |
| COLOR_ACTIVEBORDER | Active window border. |
| COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION | Active window title. |
| COLOR_APPWORKSPACE | Background color of multiple document interface (MDI) applications. |
| COLOR_BACKGROUND | Desktop. |
| COLOR_BTNFACE | Face shading on push buttons. |
| COLOR_BTNHIGHLIGHT | Selected button in a control. |
| COLOR_BTNSHADOW | Edge shading on push buttons. |
| COLOR_BTNTEXT | Text on push buttons. |
| COLOR_CAPTIONTEXT | Text in title bar, size button, scroll-bar arrow button. |
| COLOR_GRAYTEXT | Grayed (dimmed) text. This color is zero if the current display driver does not support a solid gray color. |
| COLOR_HIGHLIGHT | Background of selected item in a control. |
| COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT | Text of selected item in a control. |
| COLOR_INACTIVEBORDER | Inactive window border. |
| COLOR_INACTIVECAPTION | Inactive window title. |
| COLOR_INACTIVECAPTIONTEXT | Color of text in an inactive title. |
| 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 a red, green, blue (RGB) color value for the specified display element, if the function is successful.
An application can use the GetRValue, GetGValue, and GetBValue macros to extract the various colors from the return value.