Explain System Colors in java 1.1?
In Java 1.1, the java.awt.SystemColor class is a subclass of java.awt.Color that gives color constants in which match native component colors. For instance, if you needed to make the background color of your applet, the similar as the background color of a window, you may use this init() method:
public void paint (Graphics g) {
g.setColor(SystemColor.control);
g.fillRect(0, 0, this.getSize().width, this.getSize().height);
}
These are the available system colors:
• SystemColor.desktop // Background color of desktop
• SystemColor.activeCaption // Background color for captions
• SystemColor.activeCaptionText // Text color for captions
• SystemColor.activeCaptionBorder // Border color for caption text
• SystemColor.inactiveCaption // Background color for inactive captions
• SystemColor.inactiveCaptionText // Text color for inactive captions
• SystemColor.inactiveCaptionBorder // Border color for inactive captions
• SystemColor.window // Background for windows
• SystemColor.windowBorder // Color of window border frame
• SystemColor.windowText // Text color inside windows
• SystemColor.menu // Background for menus
• SystemColor.menuText // Text color for menus
• SystemColor.text // background color for text
• SystemColor.textText // text color for text
• SystemColor.textHighlight // background color for highlighted text
• SystemColor.textHighlightText // text color for highlighted text
• SystemColor.control // Background color for controls
• SystemColor.controlText // Text color for controls
• SystemColor.controlLtHighlight // Light highlight color for controls
• SystemColor.controlHighlight // Highlight color for controls
• SystemColor.controlShadow // Shadow color for controls
• SystemColor.controlDkShadow // Dark shadow color for controls
• SystemColor.inactiveControlText // Text color for inactive controls
• SystemColor.scrollbar // Background color for scrollbars
• SystemColor.info // Background color for spot-help text
• SystemColor.infoText // Text color for spot-help text