FontWeight property doesn't work on TextBlock

Question

hi, i have some issues with the FontWeight (and the FontStyle too) property ...

does anybody have those properties working ??

 

here is my code:

<TextBlock FontSize='12' TextWrapping='Wrap' Width='300' Height='Auto' Canvas.Left='10' Canvas.Top='55'><Run FontWeight="Bold">hello</Run></TextBlock>

 

 

thanks

Answer 1

Hi Wendy,

  

You can set the "FontWeight" property of the "TextBlock" element.  Simply say

 

Code Snippet

<TextBlock ... FontWeight="Bold" ... />

 

Please refer to the Silverlight SDK for the TextBlock element for more information.  The Silverlight SDK for the TextBlock element is available here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb188394.aspx

 

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Thank you,

Chad Campbell

Answer 2

i know but this doesn't work either... :-(

Answer 3

Hi Wendy,

 

I definately see you problem.  I just attempted the following:

 

Code Snippet

<Canvas xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/client/2007"

xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">

<TextBlock FontWeight="Normal" Text="Normal" />

<TextBlock Canvas.Top="20" FontWeight="ExtraBold" Text="Bold" />

</Canvas>

 

 Unfortunately, it didn't work.  It might be a bug in the current CTP

Answer 4

Good point, Chad...

 

I went back and looked at some old code, because I could swear I'd used FontWeight, and I have FontWeight="900" on a few things that when I just changed it to "100", it didn't do anything. I'd like to think it did something when I wrote it, but at this point in time, it's hard telling.

 

At any rate, FontWeight doesn't appear to do anything now!

 

-Dave

Answer 5

The default font doesn't support anything other than normal weight and style. You need to specify a different font family such as Verdana. Also Height='auto' doesn't work/do anything and will probably be a parse error in newer bits. See this link for a list of supported fonts: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1056996&SiteID=1

If a font doesn't support a weight or style we currently (for v1) do not generate algorithmic bolded/italic versions of that font. This is why specifying Bold with the default font doesn't do anything.

-mark
Program Manager
Microsoft
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Answer 6

thanks for the answer, but i tried to use a FontFamily (Arial or Verdana) and it doesn't do anything...

 

<TextBlock FontFamily="Verdana"  FontWeight="Bold" TextWrapping='Wrap' Width='300' Canvas.Left='10' Canvas.Top='55'>hello</TextBlock>

Answer 7

Hi Wendy...

 

Give this a shot:

 

<TextBlock FontFamily="Verdana"  FontWeight="Bold" TextWrapping="Wrap" Canvas.Left="10" Canvas.Top="55" Text="hello" />

 

The Text= is inside the tag, and everything is double-quoted. I left off Width, I'm not sure it does anything in TextBlock.

 

Hope this helps!

 

-Dave