How to: Customize Font Settings for Specific Items

• Nov 13, 2018
• 2 minutes to read

The following example shows how to paint hot-tracked bar items using a bold font.

This example contains two separate pieces of code. The first assigns a bold font to the links within the browser bar. This is performed by modifying the BarItem.Appearance property of the associated items. The AppearanceOptions.UseFont option is disabled to prevent bar items from being immediately painted using the assigned font.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraBars; 

barManager1.ForceInitialize();
Font itemFont = new Font(barManager1.GetController().AppearancesBar.ItemsFont, FontStyle.Bold);
foreach (BarItemLink link in barBrowser.ItemLinks) {
   link.Item.Appearance.Font = itemFont;
   link.Item.Appearance.Options.UseFont = false;
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraBars

BarManager1.ForceInitialize()
Dim ItemFont As New Font(barManager1.GetController().AppearancesBar.ItemsFont, FontStyle.Bold)
Dim Link As BarItemLink
For Each Link In BarBrowser.ItemLinks
   Link.Item.Appearance.Font = ItemFont
   Link.Item.Appearance.Options.UseFont = False
Next

The next code sample handles the BarManager.HighlightedLinkChanged event. It is used to enable the bold font for hot-tracked items.

The image below display the result of handling the BarManager.HighlightedLinkChanged event. The hot-tracked link is painted using the bold font.

C#

private void barManager1_HighlightedLinkChanged(object sender, 
  DevExpress.XtraBars.HighlightedLinkChangedEventArgs e) {
    if (e.PrevLink != null && e.PrevLink.Bar == barBrowser)
      e.PrevLink.Item.Appearance.Options.UseFont = false;
    if (e.Link != null && e.Link.Bar == barBrowser) 
      e.Link.Item.Appearance.Options.UseFont = true;
}

VB.NET

Private Sub BarManager1_HighlightedLinkChanged(ByVal sender As Object, _
 ByVal e As DevExpress.XtraBars.HighlightedLinkChangedEventArgs) _
 Handles BarManager1.HighlightedLinkChanged
   If (Not e.PrevLink Is Nothing) Then
      If (e.PrevLink.Bar Is BarBrowser) Then _
         e.PrevLink.Item.Appearance.Options.UseFont = False
   End If
   If (Not e.Link Is Nothing) Then
      If (e.Link.Bar Is BarBrowser) Then _
         e.Link.Item.Appearance.Options.UseFont = True
   End If
End Sub