Class SystemSettings

Namespace

Alternet.UI

Assembly

Alternet.UI.Common.dll

SystemSettings allows the application to ask for details about the system. This can include settings such as standard colours, fonts, and user interface element sizes.

public static class SystemSettings

Inheritance

object

SystemSettings

Properties

AppearanceIsDark

Return true if the current system there is explicitly recognized as being a dark theme or if the default window background is dark.

AppearanceName

Returns the name if available or empty string otherwise.

Handler

Gets or sets ISystemSettingsHandler provider used to work with system settings.

IsUsingDarkBackground

Returns true if the background is darker than foreground. This is used by AppearanceIsDark if there is no platform-specific way to determine whether a dark mode is being used and is generally not very useful to call directly.

Methods

GetColor(KnownSystemColor)

Gets a standard system color.

GetFont(SystemSettingsFont)

Gets system font.

GetMetric(SystemSettingsMetric)

Returns the value of a system metric, or -1 if the metric is not supported on the current system.

GetMetric(SystemSettingsMetric, Control?)

Returns the value of a system metric, or -1 if the metric is not supported on the current system.

HasFeature(SystemSettingsFeature)

Returns true if the port has certain feature.

IsDarkBackground(Color, Color)

Returns true if backgroundColor is darker than foregroundColor.

LogFixedWidthFonts()

Logs all fonts with fixed widths (IsFixedWidth property is true).

LogSystemFonts()

Logs all fonts enumerated in SystemSettingsFont.

ResetColors()

Resets internal structures related to the system colors.