Class SystemColor

All Implemented Interfaces:
Paint, Transparency, Serializable 
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

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description
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 windowBorder system color.
static int WINDOW_TEXT

The array index for the windowText system color.
static SystemColor windowBorder

The color rendered for the border around interior regions inside windows.
static SystemColor windowText

The color rendered for text of interior regions inside windows.

Fields declared in class java.awt.Color

black, BLACK, blue, BLUE, cyan, CYAN, DARK_GRAY, darkGray, gray, GRAY, green, GREEN, LIGHT_GRAY, lightGray, magenta, MAGENTA, orange, ORANGE, pink, PINK, red, RED, white, WHITE, yellow, YELLOW

Fields declared in interface java.awt.Transparency

BITMASK, OPAQUE, TRANSLUCENT

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description
String toString()

Returns a string representation of this Color's values.

Methods declared in class java.awt.Color

brighter, createContext, darker, decode, equals, getAlpha, getBlue, getColor, getColor, getColor, getColorComponents, getColorComponents, getColorSpace, getComponents, getComponents, getGreen, getHSBColor, getRed, getRGB, getRGBColorComponents, getRGBComponents, getTransparency, hashCode, HSBtoRGB, RGBtoHSB

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DESKTOP

@Native
public static final int DESKTOP

The array index for the desktop system color.

See Also:
desktop, Constant Field Values

ACTIVE_CAPTION

@Native
public static final int ACTIVE_CAPTION

The array index for the activeCaption system color.

See Also:
activeCaption, Constant Field Values

ACTIVE_CAPTION_TEXT

@Native
public static final int ACTIVE_CAPTION_TEXT

The array index for the activeCaptionText system color.

See Also:
activeCaptionText, Constant Field Values

ACTIVE_CAPTION_BORDER

@Native
public static final int ACTIVE_CAPTION_BORDER

The array index for the activeCaptionBorder system color.

See Also:
activeCaptionBorder, Constant Field Values

INACTIVE_CAPTION

@Native
public static final int INACTIVE_CAPTION

The array index for the inactiveCaption system color.

See Also:
inactiveCaption, Constant Field Values

INACTIVE_CAPTION_TEXT

@Native
public static final int INACTIVE_CAPTION_TEXT

The array index for the inactiveCaptionText system color.

See Also:
inactiveCaptionText, Constant Field Values

INACTIVE_CAPTION_BORDER

@Native
public static final int INACTIVE_CAPTION_BORDER

The array index for the inactiveCaptionBorder system color.

See Also:
inactiveCaptionBorder, Constant Field Values

WINDOW

@Native
public static final int WINDOW

The array index for the window system color.

See Also:
window, Constant Field Values

WINDOW_BORDER

@Native
public static final int WINDOW_BORDER

The array index for the windowBorder system color.

See Also:
windowBorder, Constant Field Values

WINDOW_TEXT

@Native
public static final int WINDOW_TEXT

The array index for the windowText system color.

See Also:
windowText, Constant Field Values

MENU

@Native
public static final int MENU

The array index for the menu system color.

See Also:
menu, Constant Field Values

MENU_TEXT

@Native
public static final int MENU_TEXT

The array index for the menuText system color.

See Also:
menuText, Constant Field Values

TEXT

@Native
public static final int TEXT

The array index for the text system color.

See Also:
text, Constant Field Values

TEXT_TEXT

@Native
public static final int TEXT_TEXT

The array index for the textText system color.

See Also:
textText, Constant Field Values

TEXT_HIGHLIGHT

@Native
public static final int TEXT_HIGHLIGHT

The array index for the textHighlight system color.

See Also:
textHighlight, Constant Field Values

TEXT_HIGHLIGHT_TEXT

@Native
public static final int TEXT_HIGHLIGHT_TEXT

The array index for the textHighlightText system color.

See Also:
textHighlightText, Constant Field Values

TEXT_INACTIVE_TEXT

@Native
public static final int TEXT_INACTIVE_TEXT

The array index for the textInactiveText system color.

See Also:
textInactiveText, Constant Field Values

CONTROL

@Native
public static final int CONTROL

The array index for the control system color.

See Also:
control, Constant Field Values

CONTROL_TEXT

@Native
public static final int CONTROL_TEXT

The array index for the controlText system color.

See Also:
controlText, Constant Field Values

CONTROL_HIGHLIGHT

@Native
public static final int CONTROL_HIGHLIGHT

The array index for the controlHighlight system color.

See Also:
controlHighlight, Constant Field Values

CONTROL_LT_HIGHLIGHT

@Native
public static final int CONTROL_LT_HIGHLIGHT

The array index for the controlLtHighlight system color.

See Also:
controlLtHighlight, Constant Field Values

CONTROL_SHADOW

@Native
public static final int CONTROL_SHADOW

The array index for the controlShadow system color.

See Also:
controlShadow, Constant Field Values

CONTROL_DK_SHADOW

@Native
public static final int CONTROL_DK_SHADOW

The array index for the controlDkShadow system color.

See Also:
controlDkShadow, Constant Field Values

SCROLLBAR

@Native
public static final int SCROLLBAR

The array index for the scrollbar system color.

See Also:
scrollbar, Constant Field Values

INFO

@Native
public static final int INFO

The array index for the info system color.

See Also:
info, Constant Field Values

INFO_TEXT

@Native
public static final int INFO_TEXT

The array index for the infoText system color.

See Also:
infoText, Constant Field Values

NUM_COLORS

@Native
public static final int NUM_COLORS

The number of system colors in the array.

See Also:
Constant Field Values

desktop

public static final SystemColor desktop

The color rendered for the background of the desktop.

activeCaption

public static final SystemColor activeCaption

The color rendered for the window-title background of the currently active window.

activeCaptionText

public static final SystemColor activeCaptionText

The color rendered for the window-title text of the currently active window.

activeCaptionBorder

public static final SystemColor activeCaptionBorder

The color rendered for the border around the currently active window.

inactiveCaption

public static final SystemColor inactiveCaption

The color rendered for the window-title background of inactive windows.

inactiveCaptionText

public static final SystemColor inactiveCaptionText

The color rendered for the window-title text of inactive windows.

inactiveCaptionBorder

public static final SystemColor inactiveCaptionBorder

The color rendered for the border around inactive windows.

window

public static final SystemColor window

The color rendered for the background of interior regions inside windows.

windowBorder

public static final SystemColor windowBorder

The color rendered for the border around interior regions inside windows.

windowText

public static final SystemColor windowText

The color rendered for text of interior regions inside windows.

menu

public static final SystemColor menu

The color rendered for the background of menus.

menuText

public static final SystemColor menuText

The color rendered for the text of menus.

text

public static final SystemColor text

The color rendered for the background of text control objects, such as textfields and comboboxes.

textText

public static final SystemColor textText

The color rendered for the text of text control objects, such as textfields and comboboxes.

textHighlight

public static final SystemColor textHighlight

The color rendered for the background of selected items, such as in menus, comboboxes, and text.

textHighlightText

public static final SystemColor textHighlightText

The color rendered for the text of selected items, such as in menus, comboboxes, and text.

textInactiveText

public static final SystemColor textInactiveText

The color rendered for the text of inactive items, such as in menus.

control

public static final SystemColor control

The color rendered for the background of control panels and control objects, such as pushbuttons.

controlText

public static final SystemColor controlText

The color rendered for the text of control panels and control objects, such as pushbuttons.

controlHighlight

public static final SystemColor controlHighlight

The color rendered for light areas of 3D control objects, such as pushbuttons. This color is typically derived from the control background color to provide a 3D effect.

controlLtHighlight

public static final SystemColor controlLtHighlight

The color rendered for highlight areas of 3D control objects, such as pushbuttons. This color is typically derived from the control background color to provide a 3D effect.

controlShadow

public static final SystemColor controlShadow

The color rendered for shadow areas of 3D control objects, such as pushbuttons. This color is typically derived from the control background color to provide a 3D effect.

controlDkShadow

public static final SystemColor controlDkShadow

The color rendered for dark shadow areas on 3D control objects, such as pushbuttons. This color is typically derived from the control background color to provide a 3D effect.

scrollbar

public static final SystemColor scrollbar

The color rendered for the background of scrollbars.

info

public static final SystemColor info

The color rendered for the background of tooltips or spot help.

infoText

public static final SystemColor infoText

The color rendered for the text of tooltips or spot help.

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of this Color's values. This method is intended to be used only for debugging purposes, and the content and format of the returned string may vary between implementations. The returned string may be empty but may not be null.

Overrides:
toString in class Color
Returns:
a string representation of this Color