SystemColorConstants
Reference values for system palette entries --- the colours the user has chosen for various standard parts of the Windows UI. Values have the high bit set so that the runtime can distinguish them from RGB colours; pass them through TranslateColor to obtain a plain RGB value.
| Constant | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| vbScrollBars | &H80000000 | Scroll-bar colour. |
| vbDesktop | &H80000001 | Desktop colour. |
| vbActiveTitleBar | &H80000002 | Active window's title-bar colour. |
| vbInactiveTitleBar | &H80000003 | Inactive window's title-bar colour. |
| vbMenuBar | &H80000004 | Menu-bar background. |
| vbWindowBackground | &H80000005 | Window background (typically white in the classic palette). |
| vbWindowFrame | &H80000006 | Window frame. |
| vbMenuText | &H80000007 | Menu text colour. |
| vbWindowText | &H80000008 | Window text colour. |
| vbTitleBarText | &H80000009 | Active window's title-bar text. |
| vbActiveTitleBarText | &H80000009 | Same as vbTitleBarText. |
| vbActiveBorder | &H8000000A | Active window's border colour. |
| vbInactiveBorder | &H8000000B | Inactive window's border colour. |
| vbApplicationWorkspace | &H8000000C | Application workspace (MDI parent background). |
| vbHighlight | &H8000000D | Highlighted item background (selection colour). |
| vbHighlightText | &H8000000E | Highlighted item text. |
| vbButtonFace | &H8000000F | Button face. |
| vb3DFace | &H8000000F | Same as vbButtonFace. |
| vbButtonShadow | &H80000010 | Button shadow (the shaded edge). |
| vb3Dshadow | &H80000010 | Same as vbButtonShadow. |
| vbGrayText | &H80000011 | Disabled (grayed) text. |
| vbButtonText | &H80000012 | Button text. |
| vbInactiveCaptionText | &H80000013 | Inactive window's title-bar text. |
| vbInactiveTitleBarText | &H80000013 | Same as vbInactiveCaptionText. |
| vb3DHighlight | &H80000014 | 3-D highlight (the bright edge). |
| vb3DDKShadow | &H80000015 | 3-D dark shadow. |
| vb3DLight | &H80000016 | 3-D light edge. |
| vbInfoText | &H80000017 | Tool-tip text colour. |
| vbInfoBackground | &H80000018 | Tool-tip background colour. |
| vbHotTrackText | &H8000001A | Hot-tracked item text. |
| vbActiveTitleBarGradient | &H8000001B | Active title-bar gradient end colour. |
| vbInactiveTitleBarGradient | &H8000001C | Inactive title-bar gradient end colour. |
| vbMenuHighlight | &H8000001D | Menu-item highlight (hover) colour. |
| vbMenuBarFlat | &H8000001E | Flat-style menu-bar background. |