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Control.FontFamily Property

Definition

Namespace:
System.Windows.Controls
Assembly:
PresentationFramework.dll

Important

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Gets or sets the font family of the control.

public:
 property System::Windows::Media::FontFamily ^ FontFamily { System::Windows::Media::FontFamily ^ get(); void set(System::Windows::Media::FontFamily ^ value); };
[System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)]
[System.Windows.Localizability(System.Windows.LocalizationCategory.Font)]
public System.Windows.Media.FontFamily FontFamily { get; set; }
[<System.ComponentModel.Bindable(true)>]
[<System.Windows.Localizability(System.Windows.LocalizationCategory.Font)>]
member this.FontFamily : System.Windows.Media.FontFamily with get, set
Public Property FontFamily As FontFamily

Property Value

A font family. The default is the system dialog font.

Attributes

Examples

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

<Button Name="btn2" FontFamily="Arial" 
 Click="ChangeFontFamily">
 FontFamily
</Button>
void ChangeFontFamily(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{

 ffamily = btn2.FontFamily;
 str = ffamily.ToString();
 if (str == ("Arial Black"))
 {
 btn2.FontFamily = new FontFamily("Arial");
 btn2.Content = "FontFamily";
 }
 else
 {
 btn2.FontFamily = new FontFamily("Arial Black");
 btn2.Content = "Control font family changes from Arial to Arial Black.";
 }
}
Private Sub ChangeFontFamily(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)

 ffamily = btn2.FontFamily
 str = ffamily.ToString()
 If (str = ("Arial Black")) Then

 btn2.FontFamily = New FontFamily("Arial")
 btn2.Content = "FontFamily"

 Else

 btn2.FontFamily = New FontFamily("Arial Black")
 btn2.Content = "Control font family changes from Arial to Arial Black."

 End If
End Sub

Remarks

This property only affects a control whose template uses the FontFamily property as a parameter. On other controls, this property has no impact.

Dependency Property Information

Item Value
Identifier field FontFamilyProperty
Metadata properties set to true AffectsMeasure, AffectsRender, Inherits

Applies to


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