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Control.FontWeight Property

.NET Framework 4.5

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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

C++

'Declaration
<BindableAttribute(True)> _
Public Property FontWeight As FontWeight

XAML Attribute Usage

<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


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


Private Sub ChangeFontWeight(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)

    If (btn5.FontWeight = FontWeights.Bold) Then

        btn5.FontWeight = FontWeights.Normal
        btn5.Content = "FontWeight"

    Else

        btn5.FontWeight = FontWeights.Bold
        btn5.Content = "Control font weight changes from Normal to Bold."
    End If
End Sub

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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