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The registry keys HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Color\ShColorand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\GWE\SysColorcan be used to change the default shell and system colors. ShColorrepresents the default shell color values, and SysColorrepresents the default system color values. These two registry keys are binary large objects (BLOBs). ShColorconsists of 41 DWORD values, SysColorconsists of 29 words.
The following table shows the shell colors that correspond to the ShColorDWORD value, from the first value to the last.
| Registry Order | Shell Color | Description |
|---|---|---|
|
0 |
COLOR_ALERT |
Obsolete. |
|
1 |
COLOR_ACCENTTEXT |
Text color used by connection dialogs. |
|
2 |
COLOR_CALOFFHOURS |
Obsolete. |
|
3 |
COLOR_CALONHOURS |
Obsolete. |
|
4 |
COLOR_TODAYTEXT |
Home screen text color. |
|
5 |
COLOR_STARTICONBACKGROUND |
Base color for title bar and soft keys (Windows Mobile Professional and Windows Mobile Classic.) Note that, beginning with Windows Mobile 6.5.3, soft keys are replaced by touchable tiles on Windows Mobile Professional phones. |
|
6 |
COLOR_TODAYSEPARATOR |
Windows Classic Home screen separator line color. Does not apply to the Windows Default Home screen. |
|
7 |
COLOR_TODAYMENU |
Home screen menubar background color. |
|
8 |
COLOR_NAVBAR |
Color of title bar (Windows Mobile Professional and Windows Mobile Classic.) |
|
9 |
COLOR_NAVBARTEXT |
Color of title bar text on (Windows Mobile Professional and Windows Mobile Classic.) |
|
10 |
COLOR_NAVBARHILITE |
Obsolete. |
|
11 |
COLOR_NOTIFTRAY |
Notification tray background color (Windows Mobile Professional and Windows Mobile Classic.) |
|
12 |
COLOR_NOTIFTRAYHILITE |
Background of highlighted icon in the notification tray (Windows Mobile Professional and Windows Mobile Classic.) |
|
13 |
COLOR_BUBBLECAPTION |
Left color of bubble caption background gradient on (Windows Mobile Professional and Windows Mobile Classic.) |
|
14 |
COLOR_GRADIENTBUBBLECAPTION |
Right color of bubble caption background gradient (Windows Mobile Professional and Windows Mobile Classic.) |
|
15 |
COLOR_INTGRADLEFT |
Left color of a gradient listview background, for the interlaced rows. |
|
16 |
COLOR_INTGRADRIGHT |
Right color of a gradient listview background, for the interlaced rows. |
|
17 |
COLOR_HIGHGRADLEFT |
Currently not used. |
|
18 |
COLOR_HIGHGRADRIGHT |
Currently not used. |
|
19 |
COLOR_PHONEDIALERTEXT |
Text color of the text in the Phone dialpad buttons. |
|
20 |
COLOR_TRAYGRADLEFT |
Base color for title bar and soft keys (Windows Mobile Standard only.) Note that, beginning with Windows Mobile 6.5.3, soft keys are replaced by touchable tiles on Windows Mobile Professional phones. |
|
21 |
COLOR_TRAYGRADRIGHT |
Right color of tray (Windows Mobile Standard only.) |
|
22 |
COLOR_TRAYTEXT |
Tray text color (Windows Mobile Standard only.) |
|
23 |
COLOR_TRAYBKGND |
Tray background color, if not a gradient (Windows Mobile Standard only.) |
|
24 |
COLOR_DIALPADBKGND |
Currently not used. |
|
25 |
COLOR_CRITGRADLEFT |
Left color of a critical bubble caption gradient (Windows Mobile Professional and Windows Mobile Classic.) |
|
26 |
COLOR_CRITGRADRIGHT |
Right color of a critical bubble caption gradient (Windows Mobile Professional and Windows Mobile Classic.) |
|
27 |
COLOR_BUBBLETITLE |
Text color of a bubble caption (Windows Mobile Professional and Windows Mobile Classic.) |
|
28 |
COLOR_CRITBUBBLETITLE |
Text color of a critical bubble caption (Windows Mobile Professional and Windows Mobile Classic.) |
|
29 |
COLOR_ALERTTITLE |
Alert title text color. An alert is a full screen message box (Windows Mobile Standard only.) |
|
30 |
COLOR_ALERTWINDOW |
Background color of a listview in alert. Also used for volume alert slider bar (Windows Mobile Standard only.) |
|
31 |
COLOR_ALERTRULE |
Color of alert horizontal separator line. An alert is a full screen message box (Windows Mobile Standard only.) |
|
32 |
COLOR_HOMETEXT |
Home Screen text (Windows Mobile Standard only.) |
|
33 |
COLOR_HOMERULE |
Home Screen horizontal separator line (Windows Mobile Standard only.) |
|
34 |
COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT |
Home Screen background color of highlighted text (Windows Mobile Standard only.) |
|
35 |
COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHTTEXT |
Home Screen highlighted text (Windows Mobile Standard only.) |
|
36 |
COLOR_GRADLEFT |
Left color of a gradient listview background, used to draw alternating lines together with COLOR_INTGRADLEFT and COLOR_INTGRADRIGHT. |
|
37 |
COLOR_GRADRIGHT |
Right color of a gradient listview background, used to draw alternating lines together with COLOR_INTGRADLEFT and COLOR_INTGRADRIGHT. |
|
38 |
COLOR_STARTMENU |
Start screen background color when there is no background bitmap (Windows Mobile Professional and Windows Mobile Classic.) |
|
39 |
COLOR_STARTMENUTEXT |
Start Menu text. |
|
40 |
COLOR_TAPANDHOLD |
Tap and Hold (Windows Mobile Professional and Windows Mobile Classic.) |
The following table shows the system colors that correspond to the SysColorDWORD value, from the first value to the last.
| Registry Order | System Color | Description |
|---|---|---|
|
0 |
COLOR_SCROLLBAR |
Color of the gray area of a scroll bar. |
|
1 |
COLOR_BACKGROUND |
Background color of the desktop window. |
|
2 |
COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION |
Color of the title bar of an active window. |
|
3 |
COLOR_INACTIVECAPTION |
Color of the title bar of an inactive window. |
|
4 |
COLOR_MENU |
Background color of a menu. |
|
5 |
COLOR_WINDOW |
Background color of a window. |
|
6 |
COLOR_WINDOWFRAME |
Color of a window frame. |
|
7 |
COLOR_MENUTEXT |
Color of the text in a menu. |
|
8 |
COLOR_WINDOWTEXT |
Color of the text in a window. |
|
9 |
COLOR_CAPTIONTEXT |
Color of the text in a title bar and of the size box and scroll bar arrow box. |
|
10 |
COLOR_ACTIVEBORDER |
Color of the border of an active window. |
|
11 |
COLOR_INACTIVEBORDER |
Color of the border of an inactive window. |
|
12 |
COLOR_APPWORKSPACE |
Background color of multiple document interface (MDI) applications. |
|
13 |
COLOR_HIGHLIGHT |
Color of an item selected in a control. |
|
14 |
COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT |
Color of the text of an item selected in a control. |
|
15 |
COLOR_BTNFACE |
Color of the face of a button. |
|
16 |
COLOR_BTNSHADOW |
Shadow color of buttons for edges that face away from the light source. |
|
17 |
COLOR_GRAYTEXT |
Color of shaded text. This color is set to 0 if the current display driver does not support a solid gray color. |
|
18 |
COLOR_BTNTEXT |
Color of the text for push buttons. |
|
19 |
COLOR_INACTIVECAPTIONTEXT |
Color of the text in the title bar of an inactive window. |
|
20 |
COLOR_BTNHIGHLIGHT |
Highlight color of buttons for edges that face the light source. |
|
21 |
COLOR_3DDKSHADOW |
Color of the dark shadow for three-dimensional display elements. |
|
22 |
COLOR_3DLIGHT |
Highlight color of three-dimensional display elements for edges that face the light source. |
|
23 |
COLOR_INFOTEXT |
Color of the text for ToolTip controls. |
|
24 |
COLOR_INFOBK |
Background color for ToolTip controls. |
|
25 |
COLOR_STATIC |
Background color for static controls and dialog boxes. |
|
26 |
COLOR_STATICTEXT |
Color of the text for static controls. |
|
27 |
COLOR_GRADIENTACTIVECAPTION |
Color of the title bar of an active window that is filled with a color gradient. |
|
28 |
COLOR_GRADIENTINACTIVECAPTION |
Color of the title bar of an inactive window that is filled with a color gradient. |