Restore C# Windows Forms backcolor

Question

I have a button on a Windows Forms form for which I change the background color to Color.Yellow when it's clicked. When it's clicked again I want to restore it to the original default appearance.

The default backcolor is SystemColor.Control.

When the button is clicked the first time the only thing I change is the

btn.Text = "ABC";
btn.BackColor = Color.Yellow;

When it's clicked again I do

btn.BackColor = SystemColors.Control

The new background does not have the same shading as it originally did before any clicks. The button originally had a background that was not a solid color, but was two slightly different shades of grey. The final color ends up being a solid shade of grey.

I'm testing this on a Windows 7 machine.

Screenshot:

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Can you post a screenshot? Also, what OS version are you running on? — Daniel Pryden, Nov 21 '11 at 20:35
The more effort you put in your questions, the better answers you'll get so include screenshots of the problem. — Nasreddine, Nov 21 '11 at 20:37
Related: *[How to reset to default button BackColor?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10569200)* — Peter Mortensen, Apr 09 '17 at 08:42

score 24 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 21 '11 at 20:48

24

Try this:

if (button1.BackColor == Color.Yellow)
{
    button1.BackColor = SystemColors.Control;
    button1.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
}
else
{
    button1.BackColor = Color.Yellow;
}

answered Nov 21 '11 at 20:48

mj82

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score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 21 '11 at 20:47

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You should also set UseVisualStyleBackColor to true. This property gets set to false when you change the backcolor.

answered Nov 21 '11 at 20:47

Arno Kalkman

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score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 21 '11 at 20:38

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Try using btn.ResetBackColor() instead of manually setting the BackColor.

edited Nov 21 '11 at 20:38

Nasreddine

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answered Nov 21 '11 at 20:34

Marty

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That function doesn't exist in the winform button (at least in a .net 3.5 winform) – JonF Nov 21 '11 at 20:38
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It actually does exist, it just doesn't show up in intellisense because it's marked as [EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)] – Marty Nov 21 '11 at 20:40
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@JonF According to [MSDN](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.control.resetbackcolor.aspx) it exists, since .Net 1.0 – Nasreddine Nov 21 '11 at 20:41
My bad. Unfortunately I get the same result with that – JonF Nov 21 '11 at 20:50

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Dec 20 '17 at 22:58

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This will restore the default look (tested on Windows 7, .net 3.5):

btn.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Transparent;

edited Dec 20 '17 at 22:58

Paul Roub

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answered Dec 20 '17 at 22:45

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Restore C# Windows Forms backcolor

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