SystemColorsGrid

1.0

SystemColorsGrid.psm1

Function Show-SystemColors {
<#
     .SYNOPSIS
      Shows a visual representation (grid with color block, name, hex code and rgb) of system colors.
         
     .NOTES
        Author : Chrissy LeMaire
        Requires: PowerShell 3.0
        Version: 1.0
        DateUpdated: 2015-Sep-16
 
     .LINK
        https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Get-SystemColors-using-WPF-d7c31a8c
         
     .EXAMPLE
        Show-SystemColors
         
        This example returns a grid of system colors. It's the only thing you can do.
      
    #> 
    [xml]$script:xaml = '
    <Window
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="System.Windows.SystemColor" Height="500" Width="452">
    <Grid>
    <DataGrid Name="datagrid" AutoGenerateColumns="False" GridLinesVisibility="Vertical">
        <DataGrid.Columns>
            <DataGridTemplateColumn Header="Color" Width="100">
                <DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
                    <DataTemplate>
                        <TextBlock Margin="5">
                            <TextBlock.Background>
                                <SolidColorBrush Color="{Binding Color}" />
                            </TextBlock.Background>
                        </TextBlock>
                    </DataTemplate>
                </DataGridTemplateColumn.CellTemplate>
            </DataGridTemplateColumn>
            <DataGridTextColumn Header="Name" Binding="{Binding Name}" Width="Auto"/>
            <DataGridTextColumn Header="Hex" Binding="{Binding Hex}" Width="Auto"/>
            <DataGridTextColumn Header="RGB" Binding="{Binding RGB}" Width="Auto"/>
        </DataGrid.Columns>
    </DataGrid>
    </Grid>
    </Window>'

    try { Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationCore,PresentationFramework,WindowsBase,System.Windows.Forms } 
    catch { throw "Failed to load Windows Presentation Framework assemblies." }

    $script:form = [Windows.Markup.XamlReader]::Load((New-Object System.Xml.XmlNodeReader $xaml))
    $xaml.SelectNodes("//*[@Name]") | ForEach-Object { Set-Variable -Name ($_.Name) -Value $form.FindName($_.Name) -Scope Script }

    $properties = [System.Windows.SystemColors].GetProperties()
    $colorlist = $properties | Where-Object { $_.PropertyType.Name -eq "Color" }

    $colorcollection = @()

    foreach ($color in $colorlist.name) {
        $colorgrid = {} | Select Color, Name, Hex, RGB
        $systemcolor = [System.Windows.SystemColors]::$color
        $colorgrid.Color = $systemcolor
        $colorgrid.Name = $color
        $r = $systemcolor.r
        $g = $systemcolor.g
        $b = $systemcolor.b
        $colorgrid.Hex = $systemcolor
        $colorgrid.RGB = "$r, $g, $b"
        
        $colorcollection += $colorgrid
    }

    $datagrid.ItemsSource = @($colorcollection)
      
    $form.ShowDialog() | Out-Null
}