ColorDialog Component (Windows Forms)

The Windows Forms ColorDialog component is a pre-configured dialog box that allows the user to select a color from a palette and to add custom colors to that palette. It is the same dialog box that you see in other Windows-based applications to select colors. Use it within your Windows-based application as a simple solution in lieu of configuring your own dialog box.

In This Section

• ColorDialog Component Overview (Windows Forms)
  Introduces the general concepts of the ColorDialog component, which allows you to display a pre-configured dialog box that users can use to select colors from a palette.

• How to: Change the Appearance of the Windows Forms ColorDialog Component
  Describes how to change the colors available to users and other properties.

• How to: Show a Color Palette with the ColorDialog Component
  Explains how to select a color at run time by means of an instance of the ColorDialog component.

Related Sections

• Controls You Can Use On Windows Forms
  Provides a complete list of Windows Forms controls, with links to information on their use.

• ColorDialog Class
  Provides reference information on the ColorDialog class and its members.

• Essential Code for Windows Forms Dialog Boxes
  Discusses the Windows Forms dialog box controls and components and the code necessary for executing their basic functions.

• Dialog-Box Controls and Components (Windows Forms)
  Lists a set of controls that allow users to perform standard interactions with the application or system.