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Control.FontWeight Property

.NET Framework 4

Updated: September 2010

Gets or sets the weight or thickness of the specified font.

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

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

XAML Attribute Usage

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<object FontWeight="FontWeight" .../>

Property Value

Type: System.Windows.FontWeight
A FontWeight value. The default is FontWeights.Normal.

Dependency Property Information

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

Remarks

This property only affects a control whose template uses the FontWeight property as a parameter. On other controls, this property has no impact. For a list of predefined FontWeight values, see the FontWeights class.

Examples

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

XAML

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<Button Name="btn5" FontWeight="Normal" 
        Click="ChangeFontWeight">
  FontWeight
</Button>

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void ChangeFontWeight(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
    if (btn5.FontWeight == FontWeights.Bold)
    {
        btn5.FontWeight = FontWeights.Normal;
        btn5.Content = "FontWeight";
    }
    else
    {
        btn5.FontWeight = FontWeights.Bold;
        btn5.Content = "Control font weight changes from Normal to Bold.";
    }
}

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

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.