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Control.FontStyle Property

.NET Framework 4

Gets or sets the font style.

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
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[BindableAttribute(true)]
public FontStyle FontStyle { get; set; }
XAML Attribute Usage
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<object FontStyle="FontStyle" .../>

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.FontStyle
A FontStyle value. The default is FontStyles.Normal.

Identifier field

FontStyleProperty

Metadata properties set to true

AffectsMeasure , AffectsRender, Inherits

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

The following example shows how to set the font style property of a control.

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<Button Name="btn4" FontStyle="Normal" 
        Click="ChangeFontStyle">
  FontStyle
</Button>
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void ChangeFontStyle(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    if (btn4.FontStyle == FontStyles.Italic)
    {
        btn4.FontStyle = FontStyles.Normal;
        btn4.Content = "FontStyle";
    }
    else
    {
        btn4.FontStyle = FontStyles.Italic;
        btn4.Content = "Control font style changes from Normal to Italic.";
    }
}

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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