RadForm Title Bar Font in UI for WinForms TitleBar

David

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Member since:
Jul 2008

Posted 25 Feb 2009 Link to this post

Hi:

I have a problem modifying mi RadForm Title Bar Font. I'm trying to do by design, but it does not apply, i think its because im using Office Silver theme. Anyway, there are form propperties that I could change by code just when the form initializes, like the Icon and Image (thanks for that hit :) ); but the font it says is Read Only:

Is there a way to change the font just for the RadForm Title Bar?

Thanks

Nikolay

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1805 posts

Posted 26 Feb 2009 Link to this post

Hi David,

Thank you for the question.

Currently, you cannot change the font of the titlebar at design-time, since this modification will not be serialized. However, you can change the font in the form's constructor. Please refer to the following code snippet:

    
            this.FormElement.TitleBar.Font = new Font("Verdata", 25f, FontStyle.Bold | FontStyle.Italic | FontStyle.Underline);

If you have additional questions, feel free to contact me.

Regards,
Nikolay
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Jeremy Murtishaw

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Member since:
Apr 2009

Posted 01 Aug 2009 Link to this post

Hello,

I still cannot get this to work. I'm using the Desert Theme and trying to get the titlebar text bolded. Here in my form constructor I've got the following code:

                            public Coyote()         
                    {         
                        this.FormElement.TitleBar.Font = new Font(this.FormElement.TitleBar.Font, FontStyle.Bold);         
                        InitializeComponent();         
                    }         

This is not altering the text at all, however.

Please help,

Jeremy

Deyan

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Posted 03 Aug 2009 Link to this post

Hello Jeremy,

Thank you for contacting us. In the new RadForm you can try the following code:

    
            InitializeComponent();  
        
            this.FormElement.TitleBar.TitlePrimitive.Font = new Font(this.FormElement.TitleBar.Font, FontStyle.Bold);

The Desert theme defines a Font setting for the TitleBar and thus overrides yours. However, setting directly the Font property of the TextPrimitive that paints the Title Bar text should work as expected.

I hope this is helpful. I am looking forward to your response.

Sincerely yours,
Deyan
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Jeremy Murtishaw

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Posted 04 Aug 2009 Link to this post

Hi Deyan,

Thanks for the quick response. Your method works perfectly!

Jeremy

Alireza

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Member since:
Nov 2014

Posted 03 Jan 2015 in reply to Deyan Link to this post

Hi Deyan
I used this code for rad form title bar and correctly work.but still i have problem with menu bar.please help me
Regards

Stefan

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Posted 05 Jan 2015 Link to this post

Hi Alireza,

Can you please provide more information on what precisely you have a problem with - a screen shot will be helpful.

If it is not related to RadForm, it is suggested that you open a new thread in order to avoid mixing different subjects in the same thread.

I am looking forward to your reply.

Sincerely yours,
Stefan
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Alireza

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Posted 05 Jan 2015 in reply to Stefan Link to this post

Hi Stefan
I use radform and radmenu and set them font properties as "tahoma,12f", but at run time when using "Theme", it doesn't display correct.

Stefan

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Posted 06 Jan 2015 Link to this post

Hello Alireza,

Here is the code you can use to set the Font of RadForm and RadMenu:

this.FormElement.TitleBar.TitlePrimitive.Font = new Font("Tahoma", 12, FontStyle.Bold);

this.radMenu1.Font = new Font("Tahoma", 12, FontStyle.Bold);

If for some reason it does not work for you, please provide me with details how to replicate the undesired behavior. Also, please specify which theme are you using.

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Alireza

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Nov 2014

Posted 06 Jan 2015 in reply to Stefan Link to this post

Hi Stefan
Thanks for the answer.I've used the code in the program like below

public frmMain()

{

InitializeComponent();

this.FormElement.TitleBar.TitlePrimitive.Font = new Font("Tahoma", 12, FontStyle.Bold);

this.menuMain.Font = new Font("Tahoma", 12, FontStyle.Bold);

}

but Unfortunately, the only change form title.
i use office2010BlueTheme.
Regards

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Stefan

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Posted 07 Jan 2015 Link to this post

Hello Alireza,

I can confirm that using the Office2010Blue theme, setting the Font does not work. This is an issue and I have logged it in our feedback portal. We will address it in the upcoming Q1 2015 release. Here is a link to the case: http://feedback.telerik.com/Project/154/Feedback/Details/147744-fix-radmenu-setting-the-font-of-the-control-does-not-take-effect-when-office20.

Your Telerik Points have been updated for this report.

Attached you can find a modified version of the theme, where the issue is not present. You can use the theme as described in this article: http://www.telerik.com/help/winforms/themes-using-a-default-theme-for-the-entire-application.html.

Alternatively, you can set the Font of an inner element of the menu item in order for it to take effect:

foreach (RadMenuItem item in radMenu1.Items)

{

item.Layout.Text.Font = new Font("Tahoma", 12, FontStyle.Bold);

}

I hope that you find this information useful. Should you have any other questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

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Stefan
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Alireza

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Member since:
Nov 2014

Posted 07 Jan 2015 in reply to Stefan Link to this post

Hi Stefan
I really thank you for the help you gave me.
your code works.thank you for the follow-up.