[RESOLVED] Set Brush color same as form background (Control)

[PickyBiker]

I need to set a brush color to the same as a form background which is currently set to Control.
All I see is brushes.<some color> which doesn't have what I need.

[Sitten Spynne]

You have to go in a little bit of a circle to do that.

Control is a "system color" because there are system settings the user can change that define what color it is. It has a default we're all used to, but that it can change means you can't use a constant color like "grey" even if 99% of people use grey.

If you need a system color, you use the SystemColors class instead of the Colors class. Likewise, if you need a system brush, you use the SystemBrushes class instead of Brushes.

Dim controlBrush As SolidBrush = SystemBrushes.Control

[PickyBiker]

You have to go in a little bit of a circle to do that.

Control is a "system color" because there are system settings the user can change that define what color it is. It has a default we're all used to, but that it can change means you can't use a constant color like "grey" even if 99% of people use grey.

If you need a system color, you use the SystemColors class instead of the Colors class. Likewise, if you need a system brush, you use the SystemBrushes class instead of Brushes.

Dim controlBrush As SolidBrush = SystemBrushes.Control

That works just fine, thank you for that!