WebControl.Font Property

Definition

Gets the font properties associated with the Web server control.

public:
 virtual property System::Web::UI::WebControls::FontInfo ^ Font { System::Web::UI::WebControls::FontInfo ^ get(); };
public virtual System.Web.UI.WebControls.FontInfo Font { get; }
member this.Font : System.Web.UI.WebControls.FontInfo
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Font As FontInfo

Property Value

A FontInfo that represents the font properties of the Web server control.

Examples

The following example illustrates how to use the Font property to gather font information from a Label control.

Note

The following code sample uses the single-file code model and may not work correctly if copied directly into a code-behind file. This code sample must be copied into an empty text file that has an .aspx extension. For more information on the Web Forms code model, see ASP.NET Web Forms Page Code Model.

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">
 
        void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Label1.Text = "The current font is: " + Label1.Font.ToString();
        }

        void Button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Label1.Font.Underline = !Label1.Font.Underline;
            if (Label1.Font.Name == "Verdana")
                Label1.Font.Name = "Times";
            else
                Label1.Font.Name = "Verdana";
        }
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head2" runat="server">
    <title>Enabled Property Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <h3>FontUnit Property of a Web Control</h3>
        <asp:Label id="Label1" runat="server"
            Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Size="10pt"
            Text="This is a Label control." />  
 
            <p>
            <asp:Button id="Button1" runat="server"
                Text="Click to display font info"
                OnClick="Button1_Click" Width="300px" />
            </p>
 
            <p>
            <asp:Button id="Button2" runat="server"
                Text="Click to change font and underlining"
                OnClick="Button2_Click" Width="300px" />
            </p>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page Language="VB" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<script runat="server">
    Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
        Label1.Text = "The current font is: " & Label1.Font.ToString()
    End Sub

    Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
        Label1.Font.Underline = Not Label1.Font.Underline
        If Label1.Font.Name = "Verdana" Then
            Label1.Font.Name = "Times"
        Else
            Label1.Font.Name = "Verdana"
        End If
            
    End Sub
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head2" runat="server">
    <title>Enabled Property Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    <div>
        <h3>FontUnit Property of a Web Control</h3>
        <asp:Label id="Label1" runat="server"
            Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Size="10pt"
            Text="This is a Label control." />  
 
            <p>
            <asp:Button id="Button1" runat="server"
                Text="Click to display font info"
                OnClick="Button1_Click" Width="300px" />
            </p>
 
            <p>
            <asp:Button id="Button2" runat="server"
                Text="Click to change font and underlining"
                OnClick="Button2_Click" Width="300px" />
            </p>
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the Font property to specify the font properties of the Web Server control. This property includes subproperties that can be accessed declaratively in the form of Property-Subproperty (for example Font-Bold) or programmatically in the form of Property.Subproperty (for example Font.Bold).

All but one subproperty will render in browsers prior to Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4 for all controls. They are: Bold, Italic, Name, Names, Strikeout, Underline, and Size (but only named font sizes, such as Small, Smaller, and so on, will work).

Note

Although these subproperties render in browsers prior to Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4, the HTML that is rendered is different than later browsers. Instead of rendering as style attributes, these subproperties are rendered as HTML elements, such as <b> and <font>.

The one subproperty that will not render on earlier browsers for all controls is Overline.

Applies to

See also