UISettings Class

Definition

Namespace:

Windows.UI.ViewManagement

Contains a set of common app user interface settings and operations.

public ref class UISettings sealed

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 65536)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Activatable(65536, "Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract")]
class UISettings final

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 65536)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingBehavior(Windows.Foundation.Metadata.MarshalingType.Agile)]
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Activatable(65536, "Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract")]
public sealed class UISettings

function UISettings()

Public NotInheritable Class UISettings

Inheritance

Object Platform::Object IInspectable UISettings

Attributes

ActivatableAttribute ContractVersionAttribute MarshalingBehaviorAttribute

Windows requirements

Device family	Windows 10 (introduced in 10.0.10240.0)
API contract	Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v1.0)

Examples

void MainPage::ClickHandler(IInspectable const&, RoutedEventArgs const&)
{
    Windows::UI::ViewManagement::UISettings uiSettings;

    std::wstringstream buffer;
    Windows::UI::Color color{ uiSettings.UIElementColor(UIElementType::ActiveCaption) };

    buffer << L"Hand Preference " << (uiSettings.HandPreference() == HandPreference::RightHanded ? L"right" : L"left") << std::endl;
    buffer << L"Cursor Size " << uiSettings.CursorSize().Width << L" x " << uiSettings.CursorSize().Height << std::endl;
    buffer << L"Scrollbar Size " << uiSettings.ScrollBarSize().Width << L" x " << uiSettings.ScrollBarSize().Height << std::endl;
    buffer << L"Scrollbar Arrow Size " << uiSettings.ScrollBarArrowSize().Width << L" x " << uiSettings.ScrollBarArrowSize().Height << std::endl;
    buffer << L"Scrollbar Thumb Box Size " << uiSettings.ScrollBarThumbBoxSize().Width << L" x " << uiSettings.ScrollBarThumbBoxSize().Height << std::endl;
    buffer << L"Message Duration " << uiSettings.MessageDuration() << std::endl;
    buffer << L"Animations Enabled " << (uiSettings.AnimationsEnabled() ? L"true" : L"false") << std::endl;
    buffer << L"Caret Browsing Enabled " << (uiSettings.CaretBrowsingEnabled() ? L"true" : L"false") << std::endl;
    buffer << L"Caret Blink Rate " << uiSettings.CaretBlinkRate() << std::endl;
    buffer << L"Caret Width " << uiSettings.CaretWidth() << std::endl;
    buffer << L"Double Click Time " << uiSettings.DoubleClickTime() << std::endl;
    buffer << L"Mouse Hover Time " << uiSettings.MouseHoverTime() << std::endl;

    buffer << L"System Colors: " << std::endl;

    buffer << L"Active Caption: " << color.R << L", " << color.G << L", " << color.B << std::endl;
    color = uiSettings.UIElementColor(UIElementType::Background);
    buffer << L"Background: " << color.R << L", " << color.G << L", " << color.B << std::endl;
    color = uiSettings.UIElementColor(UIElementType::ButtonFace);
    buffer << L"Button Face: " << color.R << L", " << color.G << L", " << color.B << std::endl;
    color = uiSettings.UIElementColor(UIElementType::ButtonText);
    buffer << L"Button Text: " << color.R << L", " << color.G << L", " << color.B << std::endl;
    color = uiSettings.UIElementColor(UIElementType::CaptionText);
    buffer << L"Caption Text: " << color.R << L", " << color.G << L", " << color.B << std::endl;
    color = uiSettings.UIElementColor(UIElementType::GrayText);
    buffer << L"Gray Text: " << color.R << L", " << color.G << L", " << color.B << std::endl;
    color = uiSettings.UIElementColor(UIElementType::Highlight);
    buffer << L"Highlight: " << color.R << L", " << color.G << L", " << color.B << std::endl;
    color = uiSettings.UIElementColor(UIElementType::HighlightText);
    buffer << L"Highlight Text: " << color.R << L", " << color.G << L", " << color.B << std::endl;
    color = uiSettings.UIElementColor(UIElementType::Hotlight);
    buffer << L"Hotlight: " << color.R << L", " << color.G << L", " << color.B << std::endl;
    color = uiSettings.UIElementColor(UIElementType::InactiveCaption);
    buffer << L"Inactive Caption: " << color.R << L", " << color.G << L", " << color.B << std::endl;
    color = uiSettings.UIElementColor(UIElementType::InactiveCaptionText);
    buffer << L"Inactive Caption Text: " << color.R << L", " << color.G << L", " << color.B << std::endl;
    color = uiSettings.UIElementColor(UIElementType::Window);
    buffer << L"Window: " << color.R << L", " << color.G << L", " << color.B << std::endl;
    color = uiSettings.UIElementColor(UIElementType::WindowText);
    buffer << L"Window Text: " << color.R << L", " << color.G << L", " << color.B << std::endl;

    UIOutputTextBlock().Text(buffer.str().c_str());
}

void SDKSample::HighContrast::UI::UIGetSettings_Click(Platform::Object^ sender, Windows::UI::Xaml::RoutedEventArgs^ e)
{ 
  Button^ b = safe_cast<Button^>(sender);
  if (b != nullptr)
  {
    UISettings^ pUserSettings = ref new UISettings();
    Platform::String^ Buffer;
    Windows::UI::Color Color;

        Buffer =  "Hand Preference " + (pUserSettings->HandPreference == HandPreference::RightHanded ? "right" : "left") + "\n";
        Buffer += "Cursor Size "  + pUserSettings->CursorSize.Width.ToString() + " x " + pUserSettings->CursorSize.Height.ToString() + "\n";
        Buffer += "Scrollbar Size "  + pUserSettings->ScrollBarSize.Width.ToString() + " x " + pUserSettings->ScrollBarSize.Height.ToString() + "\n";
        Buffer += "Scrollbar Arrow Size "   + pUserSettings->ScrollBarArrowSize.Width.ToString() + " x " + pUserSettings->ScrollBarArrowSize.Height.ToString() + "\n";
        Buffer += "Scrollbar Thumb Box Size " + pUserSettings->ScrollBarThumbBoxSize.Width.ToString() + " x " + pUserSettings->ScrollBarThumbBoxSize.Height.ToString() + "\n";
        Buffer += "Message Duration "  + pUserSettings->MessageDuration.ToString() + "\n";
        Buffer += "Animations Enabled "  + (pUserSettings->AnimationsEnabled ? "true" : "false") + "\n"; 
        Buffer += "Caret Browsing Enabled "  + (pUserSettings->CaretBrowsingEnabled ? "true" : "false") + "\n";
        Buffer += "Caret Blink Rate "  + pUserSettings->CaretBlinkRate.ToString() + "\n";
        Buffer += "Caret Width " + pUserSettings->CaretWidth.ToString() + "\n";
        Buffer += "Double Click Time " + pUserSettings->DoubleClickTime.ToString() + "\n";
        Buffer += "Mouse Hover Time " + pUserSettings->MouseHoverTime.ToString() + "\n";

        Buffer += "System Colors: \n";

        Color = pUserSettings->UIElementColor(UIElementType::ActiveCaption);
        Buffer += "Active Caption: " + Color.R.ToString() + ", " + Color.G.ToString() + ", " + Color.B.ToString() + "\n";
        Color = pUserSettings->UIElementColor(UIElementType::Background);
        Buffer += "Background: " + Color.R.ToString() + ", " + Color.G.ToString() + ", " + Color.B.ToString() + "\n";
        Color = pUserSettings->UIElementColor(UIElementType::ButtonFace);
        Buffer += "Button Face: " + Color.R.ToString() + ", " + Color.G.ToString() + ", " + Color.B.ToString() + "\n";
        Color = pUserSettings->UIElementColor(UIElementType::ButtonText);
        Buffer += "Button Text: " + Color.R.ToString() + ", " + Color.G.ToString() + ", " + Color.B.ToString() + "\n";
        Color = pUserSettings->UIElementColor(UIElementType::CaptionText);
        Buffer += "Caption Text: " + Color.R.ToString() + ", " + Color.G.ToString() + ", " + Color.B.ToString() + "\n";
        Color = pUserSettings->UIElementColor(UIElementType::GrayText);
        Buffer += "Gray Text: " + Color.R.ToString() + ", " + Color.G.ToString() + ", " + Color.B.ToString() + "\n";
        Color = pUserSettings->UIElementColor(UIElementType::Highlight);
        Buffer += "Highlight: " + Color.R.ToString() + ", " + Color.G.ToString() + ", " + Color.B.ToString() + "\n";
        Color = pUserSettings->UIElementColor(UIElementType::HighlightText);
        Buffer += "Highlight Text: " + Color.R.ToString() + ", " + Color.G.ToString() + ", " + Color.B.ToString() + "\n";
        Color = pUserSettings->UIElementColor(UIElementType::Hotlight);
        Buffer += "Hotlight: " + Color.R.ToString() + ", " + Color.G.ToString() + ", " + Color.B.ToString() + "\n";
        Color = pUserSettings->UIElementColor(UIElementType::InactiveCaption);
        Buffer += "Inactive Caption: " + Color.R.ToString() + ", " + Color.G.ToString() + ", " + Color.B.ToString() + "\n";
        Color = pUserSettings->UIElementColor(UIElementType::InactiveCaptionText);
        Buffer += "Inactive Caption Text: " + Color.R.ToString() + ", " + Color.G.ToString() + ", " + Color.B.ToString() + "\n";
        Color = pUserSettings->UIElementColor(UIElementType::Window);
        Buffer += "Window: " + Color.R.ToString() + ", " + Color.G.ToString() + ", " + Color.B.ToString() + "\n";
        Color = pUserSettings->UIElementColor(UIElementType::WindowText);
        Buffer += "Window Text: " + Color.R.ToString() + ", " + Color.G.ToString() + ", " + Color.B.ToString() + "\n";

    UIOutputTextBlock->Text = Buffer;
  }
}

Remarks

Version history

Windows version	SDK version	Value added
1703	15063	AdvancedEffectsEnabled
1703	15063	AdvancedEffectsEnabledChanged
1903	18362	AutoHideScrollBars
1903	18362	AutoHideScrollBarsChanged
2004	19041	AnimationsEnabledChanged
2004	19041	MessageDurationChanged

Constructors

UISettings()

Creates a new default instance of the UISettings class.

Properties

AdvancedEffectsEnabled	Gets a value that indicates whether the system Transparency effects setting is enabled.
AnimationsEnabled	Gets whether animations are enabled for the user interface.
AutoHideScrollBars	Gets whether the user has specified that scroll bars should be automatically hidden when not being interacted with.
CaretBlinkRate	Gets the blink rate of a new caret created by the app view.
CaretBrowsingEnabled	Gets whether the caret can be used for browse operations.
CaretWidth	Gets the width of a new caret created by the app view.
CursorSize	Gets the size of a new cursor created by the app view.
DoubleClickTime	Gets the maximum allowed time between clicks in a double-click operation.
HandPreference	Gets the directional preference of the user interface created by the app view.
MessageDuration	Gets the length of time a message is displayed for the app view.
MouseHoverTime	Gets the amount of time the mouse pointer can rest in a hover rectangle before a hover event is raised.
ScrollBarArrowSize	Gets the size of a scroll bar arrow for windows associated with the app view.
ScrollBarSize	Gets the size of a scroll bar for windows associated with the app view.
ScrollBarThumbBoxSize	Gets the size of a thumb box for windows associated with the app view.
TextScaleFactor	Gets the value of the system text size setting.

Methods

GetColorValue(UIColorType)	Returns the color value of the specified color type.
UIElementColor(UIElementType)	Gets the color used for a specific user interface element type, such as a button face or window text.

Events

AdvancedEffectsEnabledChanged	Occurs when the system advanced UI effects setting is enabled or disabled.
AnimationsEnabledChanged	Occurs when the value of the AnimationsEnabled property has changed.
AutoHideScrollBarsChanged	Event invoked when the AutoHideScrollBars state changes.
ColorValuesChanged	Occurs when color values have changed.
MessageDurationChanged	Occurs when the value of the MessageDuration property has changed.
TextScaleFactorChanged	Occurs when the system text size setting is changed.

See also

• UI contrast and settings sample