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Control.FontStretch Property

.NET Framework 4.5

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Gets or sets the degree to which a font is condensed or expanded on the screen.

Namespace: System.Windows.Controls
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation, http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2007/xaml/presentation

Syntax

C++

[BindableAttribute(true)]
public FontStretch FontStretch { get; set; }

XAML Attribute Usage

<object FontStretch="FontStretch" .../>

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.FontStretch
A FontStretch value. The default is FontStretches.Normal.

Dependency Property Information

Identifier field	FontStretchProperty
Metadata properties set to true	AffectsMeasure, AffectsRender, Inherits

Remarks

This property only affects a control whose template uses the FontStretch property as a parameter. On other controls, this property has no impact.

Examples

The following example shows how to set the font stretch property of a control. For possible stretch values, see FontStretches.

XAML


<Button Name="btn10" FontStretch ="Condensed" 
        Click="ChangeFontStretch" TabIndex="3">
  FontStretch
</Button>


void ChangeFontStretch(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    if (btn10.FontStretch == FontStretches.Condensed)
    {
        btn10.FontStretch = FontStretches.Normal;
        btn10.Content = "Control FontStretch changes from Condensed to Normal.";

    }
    else
    {
        btn10.FontStretch = FontStretches.Condensed;
        btn10.Content = "FontStretch";
    }
}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Windows Server 8 Beta, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

Control Class

System.Windows.Controls Namespace

Other Resources

Control Library

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