Predefined Colors for Windows Systems

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In addition to the colors listed in the rgb.txt file, you may use any of the predefined Windows system colors listed in Table F-1: Predefined Window System Colors as your widget colors.

Table F-1: Predefined Window System Colors
Windows System Colors	Corresponding Widget Color
COLOR_3DDKSHADOW	Dark shadow for 3D display elements
COLOR_3DFACE, COLOR_BTNFACE	Face color for 3D display elements
COLOR_3DHILIGHT, COLOR_3DHIGHLIGHT, COLOR_BTNHILIGHT, COLOR_BTNHIGHLIGHT	Highlight color for 3D display elements (for edges facing the light source)
COLOR_3DLIGHT	Light color for 3D display elements (for edges facing the light source)
COLOR_3DSHADOW, COLOR_BTNSHADOW	Shadow color for 3D display elements (for edges facing away from the light source)
COLOR_ACTIVEBORDER	Active window border
COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION	Active window caption
COLOR_APPWORKSPACE	Background color of multiple document interface (MDI) applications
COLOR_BACKGROUND, COLOR_DESKTOP	Desktop
COLOR_BTNTEXT	Text on push buttons
COLOR_CAPTIONTEXT	Text in caption, size box, and scroll bar arrow box
COLOR_GRAYTEXT	Grayed (disabled) text; this color is set to 0 if the current display driver does not support a solid gray color.
COLOR_HIGHLIGHT	Items selected in a control
COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT	Text of selected items in a control
COLOR_INACTIVEBORDER	Inactive window border
COLOR_INACTIVECAPTION	Inactive window caption
COLOR_INFOBK	Color of text in an inactive caption
COLOR_INFOTEXT	Text color for tool tip controls
COLOR_MENU	Menu background
COLOR_MENUTEXT	Text in menus
COLOR_SCROLLBAR	Scroll bar gray area
COLOR_WINDOW	Window background
COLOR_WINDOWFRAME	Window frame
COLOR_WINDOWTEXT	Text in windows

Specifying XtDefaultForeground or XtDefaultBackground causes the widget to use the appropriate Windows system colors.