java.awt
Class SystemColor

java.lang.Object
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        +--java.awt.SystemColor

All Implemented Interfaces:

Paint, Serializable, Transparency

public final class SystemColor

extends Color

implements Serializable

A class to encapsulate symbolic colors representing the color of native GUI objects on a system. For systems which support the dynamic update of the system colors (when the user changes the colors) the actual RGB values of these symbolic colors will also change dynamically. In order to compare the "current" RGB value of a SystemColor object with a non-symbolic Color object, getRGB should be used rather than equals.

Note that the way in which these system colors are applied to GUI objects may vary slightly from platform to platform since GUI objects may be rendered differently on each platform.

System color values may also be available through the getDesktopProperty method on java.awt.Toolkit.

See Also:

Toolkit.getDesktopProperty(java.lang.String), Serialized Form

Field Summary
static int	ACTIVE_CAPTION     The array index for the activeCaption system color.
static int	ACTIVE_CAPTION_BORDER     The array index for the activeCaptionBorder system color.
static int	ACTIVE_CAPTION_TEXT     The array index for the activeCaptionText system color.
static SystemColor	activeCaption     The color rendered for the window-title background of the currently active window.
static SystemColor	activeCaptionBorder     The color rendered for the border around the currently active window.
static SystemColor	activeCaptionText     The color rendered for the window-title text of the currently active window.
static SystemColor	control     The color rendered for the background of control panels and control objects, such as pushbuttons.
static int	CONTROL     The array index for the control system color.
static int	CONTROL_DK_SHADOW     The array index for the controlDkShadow system color.
static int	CONTROL_HIGHLIGHT     The array index for the controlHighlight system color.
static int	CONTROL_LT_HIGHLIGHT     The array index for the controlLtHighlight system color.
static int	CONTROL_SHADOW     The array index for the controlShadow system color.
static int	CONTROL_TEXT     The array index for the controlText system color.
static SystemColor	controlDkShadow     The color rendered for dark shadow areas on 3D control objects, such as pushbuttons.
static SystemColor	controlHighlight     The color rendered for light areas of 3D control objects, such as pushbuttons.
static SystemColor	controlLtHighlight     The color rendered for highlight areas of 3D control objects, such as pushbuttons.
static SystemColor	controlShadow     The color rendered for shadow areas of 3D control objects, such as pushbuttons.
static SystemColor	controlText     The color rendered for the text of control panels and control objects, such as pushbuttons.
static SystemColor	desktop     The color rendered for the background of the desktop.
static int	DESKTOP     The array index for the desktop system color.
static int	INACTIVE_CAPTION     The array index for the inactiveCaption system color.
static int	INACTIVE_CAPTION_BORDER     The array index for the inactiveCaptionBorder system color.
static int	INACTIVE_CAPTION_TEXT     The array index for the inactiveCaptionText system color.
static SystemColor	inactiveCaption     The color rendered for the window-title background of inactive windows.
static SystemColor	inactiveCaptionBorder     The color rendered for the border around inactive windows.
static SystemColor	inactiveCaptionText     The color rendered for the window-title text of inactive windows.
static SystemColor	info     The color rendered for the background of tooltips or spot help.
static int	INFO     The array index for the info system color.
static int	INFO_TEXT     The array index for the infoText system color.
static SystemColor	infoText     The color rendered for the text of tooltips or spot help.
static SystemColor	menu     The color rendered for the background of menus.
static int	MENU     The array index for the menu system color.
static int	MENU_TEXT     The array index for the menuText system color.
static SystemColor	menuText     The color rendered for the text of menus.
static int	NUM_COLORS     The number of system colors in the array.
static SystemColor	scrollbar     The color rendered for the background of scrollbars.
static int	SCROLLBAR     The array index for the scrollbar system color.
static SystemColor	text     The color rendered for the background of text control objects, such as textfields and comboboxes.
static int	TEXT     The array index for the text system color.
static int	TEXT_HIGHLIGHT     The array index for the textHighlight system color.
static int	TEXT_HIGHLIGHT_TEXT     The array index for the textHighlightText system color.
static int	TEXT_INACTIVE_TEXT     The array index for the textInactiveText system color.
static int	TEXT_TEXT     The array index for the textText system color.
static SystemColor	textHighlight     The color rendered for the background of selected items, such as in menus, comboboxes, and text.
static SystemColor	textHighlightText     The color rendered for the text of selected items, such as in menus, comboboxes, and text.
static SystemColor	textInactiveText     The color rendered for the text of inactive items, such as in menus.
static SystemColor	textText     The color rendered for the text of text control objects, such as textfields and comboboxes.
static SystemColor	window     The color rendered for the background of interior regions inside windows.
static int	WINDOW     The array index for the window system color.
static int	WINDOW_BORDER     The array index for the