Question

How can I get the color scheme programmatically using a VSPackage in C#?

I know that I can use IVsUIShell5.GetThemedColor for VS2011, but I don’t know how to get it from VS2005, VS2008 or VS2010.

Answer 1

There are two ways, using IVSShell and IVSShell2:

    private List<Color> GetColorList1()
    {
        IVsUIShell uiShell = (IVsUIShell)this.GetService(typeof(IVsUIShell));

        List<Color> result = new List<Color>();

        foreach (VSSYSCOLOR vsSysColor in Enum.GetValues(typeof(VSSYSCOLOR)))
        {
            uint win32Color;
            uiShell.GetVSSysColor(vsSysColor, out win32Color);
            Color color = ColorTranslator.FromWin32((int)win32Color);
            result.Add(color);
        }

        return result;
    }

    private List<Color> GetColorList2()
    {
        IVsUIShell2 uiShell = (IVsUIShell2)this.GetService(typeof(IVsUIShell2));

        List<Color> result = new List<Color>();

        foreach (__VSSYSCOLOREX vsSysColor in Enum.GetValues(typeof(__VSSYSCOLOREX)))
        {
            uint win32Color;
            uiShell.GetVSSysColorEx((int)vsSysColor, out win32Color);
            Color color = ColorTranslator.FromWin32((int)win32Color);
            result.Add(color);
        }

        return result;
    }