System.Windows.SystemColors useless in Windows 10?

[spurdata]

System.Windows.SystemColors does not seem to be relevant any more. The colors do not correspond to the colors being used by Windows 10, and cannot be adjusted by the user like in previous Windows versions. Some note on this in the documentation, and guidance of how to make our desktop apps match the Windows 10 environment, would be helpful.

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• Content: SystemColors Class (System.Windows)
• Content Source: xml/System.Windows/SystemColors.xml
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[mairaw]

@SamBent can you comment on this issue?

[mrmsbarnes]

Agree completely with spurdata.

[mairaw]

@OliaG @SamBent can you help with this question? We can add a note to the docs once the behavior is confirmed.

[OliaG]

@merriemcgaw is this something we will add in future? What should be the message in the docs about it?

[Tanya-Solyanik]

Hi @spurdata, Hi @mrmsbarnes, Could you please look up what OS your application supports? If your project has an app.manifest file, does it have the following entry:

<compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
    <application>
      <!-- A list of the Windows versions that this application has been tested on
           and is designed to work with. Uncomment the appropriate elements
           and Windows will automatically select the most compatible environment. -->
      <!-- Windows 10 -->
      <supportedOS Id="{8e0f7a12-bfb3-4fe8-b9a5-48fd50a15a9a}" />

    </application>
  </compatibility>

This compatibility setting controls system color values among other things.

[mairaw]

@spurdata did you check the setting as @Tanya-Solyanik suggested?