ColorSet Property

Description

The ColorSet stores the colors used to paint the tabs. The default tab colors for each theme can be changed using the ColorSet property.

Property Type

Read-only property

Syntax (Visual Basic)

Public Property ColorSet() As [TabPaintManagerColorSet](XtremeCommandBars~TabPaintManagerColorSet.md)

Remarks

Each time a VisualTheme is applied, the color settings will be updated with the colors for the selected theme. If the theme is changed, the members of ColorSet must be updated to show the custom colors. The Color and Appearance properties can be used to mix appearances and colors.

Example

This sample illustrates how to change the colors used for each tab color set.

' Color properties common to all tab appearances  
DockingPaneManager.TabPaintManager.ColorSet.NormalText = RGB(0, 50, 150)  
DockingPaneManager.TabPaintManager.ColorSet.FrameBorder = RGB(255, 0, 0)  
DockingPaneManager.TabPaintManager.ColorSet.HeaderFaceDark = RGB(0, 0, 255)  
DockingPaneManager.TabPaintManager.ColorSet.HeaderFaceLight = RGB(0, 0, 100)  
DockingPaneManager.TabPaintManager.ColorSet.SelectedText = RGB(0, 0, 255)  

' Color properties specific to the Office 2003 theme and PropertyPage2003 appearance.  
DockingPaneManager.TabPaintManager.ColorSet.TabPropertyPage2003BorderLeftHighlight = RGB(255, 0, 0)  
DockingPaneManager.TabPaintManager.ColorSet.TabPropertyPage2003BorderTopHighlight = RGB(255, 0, 0)  
DockingPaneManager.TabPaintManager.ColorSet.TabPropertyPage2003DarkShadow = RGB(255, 0, 0)  
DockingPaneManager.TabPaintManager.ColorSet.TabPropertyPage2003FrameBorder = RGB(0, 0, 0)