WindowsFormsSettings.TrackWindowsAccentColor Property

Gets or sets whether to use the Accent Color setting in Windows OS and apply it to all color palettes of vector skins except the High Contrast skin.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraEditors

Assembly: DevExpress.Utils.v24.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Utils, DevExpress.Wpf.Core

Declaration

C#

public static DefaultBoolean TrackWindowsAccentColor { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Shared Property TrackWindowsAccentColor As DefaultBoolean

Property Value

Type	Description
DefaultBoolean	DefaultBoolean.True to use the Accent Color setting in Windows OS and apply it to all color palettes of vector skins; otherwise, DefaultBoolean.False or DefaultBoolean.Default.

Available values:

Name	Description	Return Value
True	The value is true.	0
False	The value is false.	1
Default	The value is specified by a global option or a higher-level object.	2

Remarks

Important

The WindowsFormsSettings.TrackWindowsAccentColor setting does not work in the High Contrast skin.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraEditors;

static void Main() {
    Application.EnableVisualStyles();
    Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
    WindowsFormsSettings.TrackWindowsAccentColor = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True;
    Application.Run(new Form1());
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraEditors

Shared Sub Main()
    Application.EnableVisualStyles()
    Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(False)
    WindowsFormsSettings.TrackWindowsAccentColor = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.True
    Application.Run(New Form1())
End Sub

The following example demonstrates how to obtain the system accent color:

C#

using System.Drawing;
using DevExpress.Utils.Drawing.Helpers;

Color systemAccentColor = NativeMethods.GetWindowsAccentColor();

VB.NET

Imports System.Drawing
Imports DevExpress.Utils.Drawing.Helpers

Private systemAccentColor As Color = NativeMethods.GetWindowsAccentColor()

Custom Accent Color

Use the SetAccentColor method to specify a custom accent color (that takes priority over the system accent color).

The following example demonstrates how to reset the accent color:

C#

DevExpress.XtraEditors.WindowsFormsSettings.SetAccentColor(System.Drawing.Color.Empty);

VB.NET

DevExpress.XtraEditors.WindowsFormsSettings.SetAccentColor(System.Drawing.Color.Empty)

Note

“The Bezier” skin supports the second accent color. Other skins do not support the second accent color.

Use the SetAccentColor2 method to specify the second accent color.

Tip

Read the following topic for information on how to display pre-designed Ribbon UI commands that correspond to advanced skin settings: Add and Customize the Ribbon Skin List and Skin Gallery.