Mega Code Archive

 

Categories / Delphi / VCL

 

Changing font color on standard win controls

Question: Why do changes to the StatusBar's font color not have any affect? Answer: The status bar is a standard Windows control, and as such, displays the font in the clBtnText value, which is set via the Control Panel. This color is black by default, but it can vary due to the user's color scheme. Other standard Windows controls, such as buttons, exhibit this identical behavior. The StatusBar and its associated panels have an owner-draw capability that allow you to draw text in colors you want. Example: procedure TForm1.StatusBar1DrawPanel(StatusBar: TStatusBar; Panel: TStatusPanel; const Rect: TRect); begin if Panel = StatusBar.Panels[0] then begin StatusBar.Canvas.Font.Color := clRed; StatusBar.Canvas.TextOut(Rect.Left, Rect.Top, 'Panel - 0') end else begin StatusBar.Canvas.Font.Color := clGreen; StatusBar.Canvas.TextOut(Rect.Left, Rect.Top, 'Panel - 1'); end; end;