Control.FontWeight Property (System.Windows.Controls)

.NET Framework Class Library

Control..::.FontWeight Property

Gets or sets the weight or thickness of the specified font. This is a dependency property.

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

Visual Basic (Declaration)

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

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As Control
Dim value As FontWeight

value = instance.FontWeight

instance.FontWeight = value

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

Visual C++

[BindableAttribute(true)]
public:
property FontWeight FontWeight {
    FontWeight get ();
    void set (FontWeight value);
}

JScript

public function get FontWeight () : FontWeight
public function set FontWeight (value : 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.

Examples

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

XAML

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

Visual Basic

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

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.";
    }
}

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

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

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0

Reference

Control Class

Control Members

System.Windows.Controls Namespace

Other Resources

Control Library