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BarItem.UseOwnFont Property

OBSOLETE

Use the Appearance.Options.UseFont property instead.

Gets or sets whether the item’s links are painted using the item’s own font (Appearance.Font).

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraBars

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraBars.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Navigation

#Declaration

[Browsable(false)]
[DefaultValue(false)]
[DXCategory("Appearance")]
[EditorBrowsable(EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
[Obsolete("Use the Appearance.Options.UseFont property instead.")]
public virtual bool UseOwnFont { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Default Description
Boolean false

true if the item’s links are painted using the item’s own font; otherwise false.

#Remarks

See the BarItem.OwnFont topic to learn more.

#Example

The following example highlights the hovered bar item with bold font.

  1. Create two fonts with different font styles - Bold and Regular.
  2. Handle the BarManager.HighlightedLinkChanged event. Use e.Link and e.PrevLink parameters to switch fonts.

LinkFont - OwnFont

using DevExpress.XtraBars; 

namespace Highlight-Hovered-BarItem {
  public partial class Form1 : DevExpress.XtraEditors.XtraForm {
    Font boldFont;
    Font regularFont;
    public Form1() {
      InitializeComponent();
      boldFont = new Font(barManager1.GetController().AppearancesBar.ItemsFont, FontStyle.Bold);
      regularFont = new Font(barManager1.GetController().AppearancesBar.ItemsFont, FontStyle.Regular);
      barManager1.HighlightedLinkChanged += BarManager1_HighlightedLinkChanged;
   }

    private void BarManager1_HighlightedLinkChanged(object sender, HighlightedLinkChangedEventArgs e) {
      if (e.PrevLink != null && e.PrevLink.Bar == barBrowser)
        e.PrevLink.Item.ItemAppearance.SetFont(regularFont);
      if (e.Link != null && e.Link.Bar == barBrowser)
        e.Link.Item.ItemAppearance.SetFont(boldFont);
    }
  }
}
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