system.gui.chooseColor

Description

Prompts the user to pick a color using the default color-chooser dialog box.

Syntax

system.gui. chooseColor( initialColor [, dialogTitle] )

  • Parameters

Color initialColor - A color to use as a starting point in the color choosing popup.

String dialogTitle - The title for the color choosing popup. Defaults to "Choose Color" [optional]

  • Returns

Color - The new color chosen by the user.

  • Scope

All

Code Examples
Code Snippet
#This code would be placed in the actionPerformed event of a button, and would change the background color of the container the button was placed in.
parent = event.source.parent
newColor = system.gui.chooseColor(parent.background)
parent.background = newColor