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SFTDARKMODE Color Constants

Five RGB color constants that define the SftDarkMode palette. The helper uses them when painting the dark dialog background, WM_CTLCOLOR* surfaces, the experimental dark menu bar, and the dark text color used for radio-button labels. Applications can read the same constants when painting their own surfaces against a dark dialog so the colors match the helper's palette exactly.

#define SFTDARKMODE_BG_COLOR        RGB(32, 32, 32)
#define SFTDARKMODE_TEXT_COLOR      RGB(230, 230, 230)
#define SFTDARKMODE_BTNFACE_COLOR   RGB(45, 45, 45)
#define SFTDARKMODE_HOT_COLOR       RGB(55, 55, 55)
#define SFTDARKMODE_PRESSED_COLOR   RGB(32, 32, 32)
ConstantValuePurpose
SFTDARKMODE_BG_COLORRGB(32, 32, 32)Dark background fill. Used for the dialog client area, the brush returned from WM_CTLCOLOR* handlers, and the menu-bar background in the experimental HandleMenuMessage.
SFTDARKMODE_TEXT_COLORRGB(230, 230, 230)Dark-mode text color - applied to WM_CTLCOLOR* HDCs, repainted radio-button labels, and dark-menu items.
SFTDARKMODE_BTNFACE_COLORRGB(45, 45, 45)Dark button-face / panel color, slightly lighter than the dialog background. Provided for application use; the helper does not paint with it directly. Suitable for distinguishing a panel inset from the dialog background.
SFTDARKMODE_HOT_COLORRGB(55, 55, 55)Dark "hot" / hover background. Provided for application use; the helper does not paint with it directly.
SFTDARKMODE_PRESSED_COLORRGB(32, 32, 32)Dark pressed-state background. Equal to SFTDARKMODE_BG_COLOR so a pressed button visually merges with the dialog. Provided for application use; the helper does not paint with it directly.

The constants are plain #define macros that expand to RGB(...). They are visible to both C and C++ code, and to resource scripts after including SftDarkMode.h.

Note: BG and PRESSED are intentionally identical. The pressed-state value exists as a separate constant so application code that wants to special-case pressed rendering can rebind it without changing the dialog background.

See Also SftDarkMode | HandleDialogMessage | HandleMenuMessage


Last Updated 09/26/2026 - (email)
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