WinGetSysColorMBS(Index as Integer) as Color

Type	Topic	Plugin	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	iOS	Targets
global method	Windows	MBS Win Plugin	16.2	❌ No	✅ Yes	❌ No	❌ No	Desktop, Console & Web

Retrieves the current color of the specified display element.

Display elements are the parts of a window and the display that appear on the system display screen.

Index: The display element whose color is to be retrieved. This parameter can be one of the following values.

Name	Value	Meaning
COLOR_3DDKSHADOW	21	Dark shadow for three-dimensional display elements.
COLOR_3DFACE	15	Face color for three-dimensional display elements and for dialog box backgrounds.
COLOR_3DHIGHLIGHT	20	Highlight color for three-dimensional display elements (for edges facing the light source.)
COLOR_3DHILIGHT	20	Highlight color for three-dimensional display elements (for edges facing the light source.)
COLOR_3DLIGHT	22	Light color for three-dimensional display elements (for edges facing the light source.)
COLOR_3DSHADOW	16	Shadow color for three-dimensional display elements (for edges facing away from the light source).
COLOR_ACTIVEBORDER	10	Active window border.
COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION	2	Active window title bar.

Specifies the left side color in the color gradient of an active window's title bar if the gradient effect is enabled.

COLOR_APPWORKSPACE	12	Background color of multiple document interface (MDI) applications.
COLOR_BACKGROUND	1	Desktop.
COLOR_BTNFACE	15	Face color for three-dimensional display elements and for dialog box backgrounds.
COLOR_BTNHIGHLIGHT	20	Highlight color for three-dimensional display elements (for edges facing the light source.)
COLOR_BTNHILIGHT	20	Highlight color for three-dimensional display elements (for edges facing the light source.)
COLOR_BTNSHADOW	16	Shadow color for three-dimensional display elements (for edges facing away from the light source).
COLOR_BTNTEXT	18	Text on push buttons.
COLOR_CAPTIONTEXT	9	Text in caption, size box, and scroll bar arrow box.
COLOR_DESKTOP	1	Desktop.
COLOR_GRADIENTACTIVECAPTION	27	Right side color in the color gradient of an active window's title bar. COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION specifies the left side color. Use SPI_GETGRADIENTCAPTIONS with the SystemParametersInfo function to determine whether the gradient effect is enabled.
COLOR_GRADIENTINACTIVECAPTION	28	Right side color in the color gradient of an inactive window's title bar. COLOR_INACTIVECAPTION specifies the left side color.
COLOR_GRAYTEXT	17	Grayed (disabled) text. This color is set to 0 if the current display driver does not support a solid gray color.
COLOR_HIGHLIGHT	13	Item(s) selected in a control.
COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT	14	Text of item(s) selected in a control.
COLOR_HOTLIGHT	26	Color for a hyperlink or hot-tracked item.
COLOR_INACTIVEBORDER	11	Inactive window border.
COLOR_INACTIVECAPTION	3	Inactive window caption.

Specifies the left side color in the color gradient of an inactive window's title bar if the gradient effect is enabled.

COLOR_INACTIVECAPTIONTEXT	19	Color of text in an inactive caption.
COLOR_INFOBK	24	Background color for tooltip controls.
COLOR_INFOTEXT	23	Text color for tooltip controls.
COLOR_MENU	4	Menu background.
COLOR_MENUHILIGHT	29	The color used to highlight menu items when the menu appears as a flat menu (see SystemParametersInfo). The highlighted menu item is outlined with COLOR_HIGHLIGHT.

Windows 2000: This value is not supported.

COLOR_MENUBAR

30

The background color for the menu bar when menus appear as flat menus (see SystemParametersInfo). However, COLOR_MENU continues to specify the background color of the menu popup.

Windows 2000: This value is not supported.

COLOR_MENUTEXT	7	Text in menus.
COLOR_SCROLLBAR	0	Scroll bar gray area.
COLOR_WINDOW	5	Window background.
COLOR_WINDOWFRAME	6	Window frame.
COLOR_WINDOWTEXT	8	Text in windows.

The function returns the red, green, blue (RGB) color value of the given element.

Some examples using this global method:

• /Win/Window Colors