Question

How can I set the BackgroundColor of a Control (Panel) so that it is the same Color as my user’s Windows Theme Color?

I found this:
Changing Theme(Color) of a panel according to Windows themes

And I’m sorry, but I don’t think those answerer’s even bothered to check what they said. Setting the Control’s BackgroundColor to Control, does not make it the same color as the Theme Color. It simply gives it a nice Gray-ish looking color.

I want to know what Color the Glass is in Windows Vista/7. How can I get this info at runtime?

Thank you

Answer 1

To modify the background color of your Panel so it matches the window color defined in the theme, you can do:

yourPanel.BackColor = SystemColors.Window;

To obtain the glass color on Windows Vista and higher, you have to p/invoke DwmGetColorizationColor().