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# TApplication.HintColor

The background color for a Hint window.

## Declaration

Source position: forms.pp line 1731

`public property TApplication.HintColor : TColor read FHintColor write SetHintColor;`

## Description

HintColor is a TColor property with the color for the background in a Hint window.

The default value for the property is defined in the DefHintColor constant and assigned in the constructor for the application instance. Changing the value for the property causes the color in the internal THintWindow instance to be updated with the new property value.

HintColor is used in the ShowHintWindow method to configure the hint information displayed using a CM_HINTSHOW control message. It may be updated in the same method to use the value returned when the message is handled for the application.

## See also

TApplication.Hint |  | The current Hint text active for the application.
TApplication.ShowHint |  | Indicates if Hints are displayed for the application.
TApplication.ShowHintWindow |  | Shows or hides the hint window for a control in the application.
THintWindow |  | The pop-up box containing helpful information that appears when the mouse pointer hovers over an object.