.NET: How to get ActiveCaptionText color when window is maximized?

Question

How do you get the ActiveCaptionText color when a window is maximized?

The color is correct when the window is restored:

But is the wrong color when the window is maximized:

How do you get the active ActionCaptionText?

Note: Same question for ActiveCaption, InactiveCaption and InactiveCaptionText.

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It seems like there should be something with:

VisualStyleRenderer vs = 
   new VisualStyleRenderer(VisualStyleElement.Window.MaxCaption.Active);

label1.ForeColor = vs.GetColor(ColorProperty.TextColor);

But i can't make it work. it returns black for both Caption and MaxCaption:

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References

• Stackoverflow: Active Caption Text Color — detect change (in .Net)
• MSDN Forums: How to get maximized text color?

Answer 1

It's an issue with Aero theme. It ignores that color in the title bar. Try Windows classic theme.