Button Default Background Color

[lowray1975]

Hello! Does anyone know how to reset the background color of a button control to the default

"Windows" shaded color?

Thank you!

Apologies for how sloppy this example is:

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#include <ButtonConstants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <StaticConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

AutoItSetOption("GUIOnEventMode", 1)

$Form1 = GUICreate("Form1", 623, 442, 192, 124)

$Label1 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 94, 70, 93, 61)
GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_DISABLE)

$Button1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Test", 96, 72, 89, 57)
GUICtrlSetOnEvent(-1, "Button1_HighlightOn")


$Button2 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Reset", 50, 200, 89, 57)
GUICtrlSetOnEvent(-1, "Button1_HighlightOff")

GUISetOnEvent($GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, "CLOSEClicked")
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit

    EndSwitch
WEnd


Func Button1_HighlightOn()

    GUICtrlSetBkColor($Label1, 0xff0000)
    GUICtrlSetBkColor($Button1, 0x0000bb)

EndFunc

Func Button1_HighlightOff()

    GUICtrlSetBkColor($Label1, $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT)
    GUICtrlSetBkColor($Button1, 0XFEFEFE) ;This is the code I cannot figure out

EndFunc


Func CLOSEClicked()

    Exit

EndFunc

[guinness]

Use the follow function and variable [_WinAPI_GetSysColor($COLOR_MENU)] to get the default greyish colour.

[FaridAgl]

Sorry for off-topic, i just found a good place to ask my question.

In the above code, when we click on "Test", its color changes to Blue with a Red outline border, but there is a White border between the Blue and Red color, i saw that in VS this White color is Transparent in fact, but here, in AutoIt it's white by default, i know how to change its color ( If i change GUISetBkColor this color will change as well ) but i'm in a situation with Multi-Color GuiBackground ( My Cancel button in this GUI : ).

I think i need a way to make this border transparent.

Sorry again for off-topic, i hope i find some simple solution,

[lowray1975]

Guinness: Thank you for your quick reply! While that goes get the one specific color, it appears that the default button in both XP and 7 has a gradient. This is what I'm trying to revert to. I apologize for not being more clear in my original post... It's been a long morning

Here's a zoomed in view of the default button's background for reference:

[Yashied]

GUICtrlSetStyle($Button1, $GUI_SS_DEFAULT_BUTTON)

[lowray1975]

Yashied: thank you very much! I spent a bit of time looking for some sort of default variable, although in the background color area and not the style. Thanks again!

[Zehir]

Slightly off-topic : Get the default AutoIt GUI BkColor

#include <WinAPISysWin.au3>
#include <WindowsSysColorConstants.au3>

Func GUIGetDefaultBkColor()   ;GetSysColor() is BGR, not RGB, contrary to what help file says. Test SetSysColors(COLOR_WINDOW) with Classic Notepad
    Return _WinAPI_SwitchColor(_WinAPI_GetSysColor($COLOR_BTNFACE))   ;AutoIt uses COLOR_BTNFACE for bk, not COLOR_WINDOW. Test SetSysColors() and then GUICreate()
EndFunc

Restore Classic Notepad as an option : restore_classic_notepad.reg.zip

Edited 2 hours ago by Zehir
Edit : Only works with Classic Notepad