How to make words bold within text

Question

I need to make "{0}" and "${1:F2}" bold selection. Is it possible to do this?

You have {0} unpaid invoices totaling ${1:F2}.

Answer 1

Hello,

Maui provides two ways to bold text on a page using a Label control. One is through HTML, and the other is through FormattedString.

You could refer to the following code snippet and official documentation to understand this workaround.

Workaround 1: Html Type:

Step 1. Define a Label control on the page, or you can create a Label class in the code-behind.

<Label x:Name="bold_sample_label"/>

Step 2. Use Html formatting text to bold specific content in a string.

int value1 = 0;
decimal value2 = 9.02m;
bold_sample_label.Text = string.Format($"You have <span ><strong>{0}</strong></span> unpaid invoices totaling <span ><strong>${1:F2}</strong></span>.", value1, value2);
bold_sample_label.TextType = TextType.Html;

Workaround 2: FormattedString:

Step 1. The same as Step 1 of Workaround 1.

Step 2. Divide the string into sections, add content and styles, and assign values ​​to Label.

FormattedString formattedString = new FormattedString();
formattedString.Spans.Add(new Span { Text = "You have ",  });
formattedString.Spans.Add(new Span { Text = value1.ToString(), FontAttributes = FontAttributes.Bold});
formattedString.Spans.Add(new Span { Text = " unpaid invoices totaling " });
formattedString.Spans.Add(new Span { Text = string.Format($"${1:F2}.",value2), FontAttributes = FontAttributes.Bold });
bold_sample_label.FormattedText = formattedString;

Documentation:

• Display HTML.
• Use formatted text.

Best Regards,

Alec Liu.

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