Control.FontWeight Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Controls

Assembly:

PresentationFramework.dll

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

public:
 property System::Windows::FontWeight FontWeight { System::Windows::FontWeight get(); void set(System::Windows::FontWeight value); };

[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)]
public System.Windows.FontWeight FontWeight { get; set; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)>]
member this.FontWeight : System.Windows.FontWeight with get, set

Public Property FontWeight As FontWeight

Property Value

FontWeight

A FontWeight value. The default is Normal.

Attributes

BindableAttribute

Examples

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

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

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.";
    }
}

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

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.

Dependency Property Information

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