FontDialog.ShowEffects Property

Definition

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the dialog box contains controls that allow the user to specify strikethrough, underline, and text color options.

public bool ShowEffects { get; set; }

Property Value

true if the dialog box contains controls to set strikethrough, underline, and text color options; otherwise, false. The default value is true.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates using the MinSize, MaxSize, ShowEffects and FontMustExist members and handling the Apply event. To run this example paste the following code in a form containing a FontDialog named FontDialog1 and a Button named Button1.

   private void Button1_Click(System.Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
   {
       // Set FontMustExist to true, which causes message box error
       // if the user enters a font that does not exist. 
       FontDialog1.FontMustExist = true;
       
       // Associate the method handling the Apply event with the event.
       FontDialog1.Apply += new System.EventHandler(FontDialog1_Apply);

       // Set a minimum and maximum size to be
       // shown in the FontDialog.
       FontDialog1.MaxSize = 32;
       FontDialog1.MinSize = 18;

       // Show the Apply button in the dialog.
       FontDialog1.ShowApply = true;

       // Do not show effects such as Underline
       // and Bold.
       FontDialog1.ShowEffects = false;
       
       // Save the existing font.
       System.Drawing.Font oldFont = this.Font;

       //Show the dialog, and get the result
       DialogResult result = FontDialog1.ShowDialog();

       // If the OK button in the Font dialog box is clicked, 
       // set all the controls' fonts to the chosen font by calling
       // the FontDialog1_Apply method.
       if (result == DialogResult.OK)
       {
           FontDialog1_Apply(this.Button1, new System.EventArgs());
       }
           // If Cancel is clicked, set the font back to
           // the original font.
       else if (result == DialogResult.Cancel)
       {
           this.Font = oldFont;
           foreach ( Control containedControl in this.Controls)
           {
               containedControl.Font = oldFont;
           }
       }
   }

   // Handle the Apply event by setting all controls' fonts to 
   // the chosen font. 
   private void FontDialog1_Apply(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
   {

       this.Font = FontDialog1.Font;
       foreach ( Control containedControl in this.Controls )
       {
           containedControl.Font = FontDialog1.Font;
       }
   }

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

See also