__GRADIENTTYPE Enum

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop.dll

Package:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Interop v17.12.40391

Specifies different types of gradients that can be used as backgrounds in VSPackages.

public enum class __GRADIENTTYPE

public enum class __GRADIENTTYPE

enum __GRADIENTTYPE

public enum __GRADIENTTYPE

type __GRADIENTTYPE = 

Public Enum __GRADIENTTYPE

Inheritance

Enum

__GRADIENTTYPE

Fields

Name	Value	Description
VSGRADIENT_FILETAB	1	File Tab. Typically a vertical gradient with a light gray at the top and a medium gray at the bottom. Usually is the active tab on the Solution Explorer.
VSGRADIENT_PANEL_BACKGROUND	2	Panel Background. Typically a horizontal gradient with light gray at the left and a medium gray at the right. Usually is the background of the Visual Basic error list window.
VSGRADIENT_SHELLBACKGROUND	3	Shell background. Typically a horizontal gradient of light gray at the left to a slightly lighter gray at the right. Usually is the background of the tabs on a docked window, the color of a splitter window frame, and the auto-hide space for the Toolbox and Server Explorer panels.
VSGRADIENT_TOOLBOX_HEADING	4	Toolbox Heading. Typically a single medium gray color with no actual gradient. Usually is the background of the Toolbox heading.
VSGRADIENT_TOOLTAB	5	Tool tab. Typically a vertical gradient with a medium gray at the top and a light gray at the bottom. Usually is the background of any tab that is not selected.
VSGRADIENT_TOOLWIN_ACTIVE_TITLE_BAR	6	Tool window active title bar. Typically a vertical gradient with a light blue at the top and a medium blue at the bottom. Usually is the background of an active tool window title bar.
VSGRADIENT_TOOLWIN_INACTIVE_TITLE_BAR	7	Tool window inactive title bar. Typically a solid medium gray with no gradient. Typically seen as the background of a tool window when it is docked and does not currently have focus (undocked tool windows use standard Windows title bar colors).
VSGRADIENT_TOOLWIN_BACKGROUND	8	Tool window default background. Typically a horizontal gradient with a light gray at the left and a medium gray at the right. Usually is the background of the Toolbox.

Remarks

COM Signature

typedef enum __tagGRADIENTTYPE {  
    VSGRADIENT_FILETAB                    = 1,  
    VSGRADIENT_PANEL_BACKGROUND           = 2,  
    VSGRADIENT_SHELLBACKGROUND            = 3,  
    VSGRADIENT_TOOLBOX_HEADING            = 4,  
    VSGRADIENT_TOOLTAB                    = 5,  
    VSGRADIENT_TOOLWIN_ACTIVE_TITLE_BAR   = 6,  
    VSGRADIENT_TOOLWIN_INACTIVE_TITLE_BAR = 7,  
    VSGRADIENT_TOOLWIN_BACKGROUND         = 8  
} __GRADIENTTYPE;  

typedef DWORD GRADIENTTYPE;  

These values are passed to the CreateGradient method in the IVsUIShell2 interface.