java.awt.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:

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type

Field

Description

static final int

ACTIVE_CAPTION

The array index for the activeCaption system color.

static final int

ACTIVE_CAPTION_BORDER

The array index for the activeCaptionBorder system color.

static final int

ACTIVE_CAPTION_TEXT

The array index for the activeCaptionText system color.

static final SystemColor

activeCaption

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

static final SystemColor

activeCaptionBorder

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

static final SystemColor

activeCaptionText

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

static final SystemColor

control

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

static final int

CONTROL

The array index for the control system color.

static final int

CONTROL_DK_SHADOW

The array index for the controlDkShadow system color.

static final int

CONTROL_HIGHLIGHT

The array index for the controlHighlight system color.

static final int

CONTROL_LT_HIGHLIGHT

The array index for the controlLtHighlight system color.

static final int

CONTROL_SHADOW

The array index for the controlShadow system color.

static final int

CONTROL_TEXT

The array index for the controlText system color.

static final SystemColor

controlDkShadow

The color rendered for dark shadow areas on 3D control objects, such as pushbuttons.

static final SystemColor

controlHighlight

The color rendered for light areas of 3D control objects, such as pushbuttons.

static final SystemColor

controlLtHighlight

The color rendered for highlight areas of 3D control objects, such as pushbuttons.

static final SystemColor

controlShadow

The color rendered for shadow areas of 3D control objects, such as pushbuttons.

static final SystemColor

controlText

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

static final SystemColor

desktop

The color rendered for the background of the desktop.

static final int

DESKTOP

The array index for the desktop system color.

static final int

INACTIVE_CAPTION

The array index for the inactiveCaption system color.

static final int

INACTIVE_CAPTION_BORDER

The array index for the inactiveCaptionBorder system color.

static final int

INACTIVE_CAPTION_TEXT

The array index for the inactiveCaptionText system color.

static final SystemColor

inactiveCaption

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

static final SystemColor

inactiveCaptionBorder

The color rendered for the border around inactive windows.

static final SystemColor

inactiveCaptionText

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

static final SystemColor

info

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

static final int

INFO

The array index for the info system color.

static final int

INFO_TEXT

The array index for the infoText system color.

static final SystemColor

infoText

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

static final SystemColor

menu

The color rendered for the background of menus.

static final int

MENU

The array index for the menu system color.

static final int

MENU_TEXT

The array index for the menuText system color.

static final SystemColor

menuText

The color rendered for the text of menus.

static final int

NUM_COLORS

The number of system colors in the array.

static final SystemColor

scrollbar

The color rendered for the background of scrollbars.

static final int

SCROLLBAR

The array index for the scrollbar system color.

static final SystemColor

text

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

static final int

TEXT

The array index for the text system color.

static final int

TEXT_HIGHLIGHT

The array index for the textHighlight system color.

static final int

TEXT_HIGHLIGHT_TEXT

The array index for the textHighlightText system color.

static final int

TEXT_INACTIVE_TEXT

The array index for the textInactiveText system color.

static final int

TEXT_TEXT

The array index for the textText system color.

static final SystemColor

textHighlight

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

static final SystemColor

textHighlightText

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

static final SystemColor

textInactiveText

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

static final SystemColor

textText

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

static final SystemColor

window

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

static final int

WINDOW

The array index for the window system color.

static final int

WINDOW_BORDER

The array index for the windowBorder system color.

static final int

WINDOW_TEXT

The array index for the windowText system color.

static final SystemColor

windowBorder

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

static final 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

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 Details
- 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 Details
- 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

Class SystemColor

Field Summary

Fields declared in class java.awt.Color

Fields declared in interface java.awt.Transparency

Method Summary

Methods declared in class java.awt.Color

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

Field Details

DESKTOP

ACTIVE_CAPTION

ACTIVE_CAPTION_TEXT

ACTIVE_CAPTION_BORDER

INACTIVE_CAPTION

INACTIVE_CAPTION_TEXT

INACTIVE_CAPTION_BORDER

WINDOW

WINDOW_BORDER

WINDOW_TEXT

MENU

MENU_TEXT

TEXT

TEXT_TEXT

TEXT_HIGHLIGHT

TEXT_HIGHLIGHT_TEXT

TEXT_INACTIVE_TEXT

CONTROL

CONTROL_TEXT

CONTROL_HIGHLIGHT

CONTROL_LT_HIGHLIGHT

CONTROL_SHADOW

CONTROL_DK_SHADOW

SCROLLBAR

INFO

INFO_TEXT

NUM_COLORS

desktop

activeCaption

activeCaptionText

activeCaptionBorder

inactiveCaption

inactiveCaptionText

inactiveCaptionBorder

window

windowBorder

windowText

menu

menuText

text

textText

textHighlight

textHighlightText

textInactiveText

control

controlText

controlHighlight

controlLtHighlight

controlShadow

controlDkShadow

scrollbar

info

infoText

Method Details

toString