Menu Font Size and Size in General

[Ken Law]

Is there a way to change the Font Size of XP Menus and/or is there a way to change the size using icons. I need large menus for a touch-screen application. I tried using large icons, but the size of the baritems did not adjust.

[Arun Srinivasan]

Hi Ken,

Here is a code snippet that demonstrates how you can change the font size of the baritems in the toolbar.

// Listen to the BarControlBindingChanged even in the MainFrameBarManager
// This will be called whenever a Bar has been bound to a new CommandBarExt control.

private void mainFrameBarManager1_BarControlBindingChanged(object sender, Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPMenus.BarControlBindingChangedArgs args)
{
// Set the font in the corresponding BarControl:

CommandBarExt cmdBar = args.BarControl as CommandBarExt;

cmdBar.BarControl.Font = new Font("Arial", 12);
}

Regards,
Arun

[Ken Law]

Thanks Arun, but this code will not compile because CommandBarExt does not seem to be a recognized type. When I searched Syncfusion help for "CommandBarExt" it came up empty also.

> Hi Ken,
>
> Here is a code snippet that demonstrates how you can change the font size of the baritems in the toolbar.
>
> // Listen to the BarControlBindingChanged even in the MainFrameBarManager
> // This will be called whenever a Bar has been bound to a new CommandBarExt control.
>
> private void mainFrameBarManager1_BarControlBindingChanged(object sender, Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPMenus.BarControlBindingChangedArgs args)
> {
> // Set the font in the corresponding BarControl:
>
> CommandBarExt cmdBar = args.BarControl as CommandBarExt;
>
> cmdBar.BarControl.Font = new Font("Arial", 12);
> }
>
> Regards,
> Arun

[Ken Law]

Arun,

Never mind - I only had Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools referenced with a "using" statement, but I needed Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.XPMenus;

Thanks again for the help,

-Ken

[Arun Srinivasan]

Hi Ken

Thanks for the update. Good to hear that you got it working.

Regards,
Arun

[Ken Law]

Arun,

I'm afraid I still have a problem. I also need to set the font of the submenu items (The BarItems in each ParentBarItem's list).

Also, could you help me understand what a CommandBarExt is and where it fits in? When I search help I don't find it.

Also, is there any documentation beside the Help and toolsug.pdf?

Thanks,

-Ken

[Arun Srinivasan]

Hi Ken,

1. Currently this is not possible as the fonts for the SubMenus are hard coded. I will log this as a feature request for consideration in a future release.

2. The CommandBarExt is a derived from the CommandBar, so you could refer to the documentation for CommandBar for more details.

Regards,
Arun

[Ken Law]

I am implementing a touchscreen application so I need a menu system large enough for human fingers. Do you have any suggestions? Could I use CommandBars or something to implement a large menu system?

[Sebastien Lange]

Hi,

I also need to change the font of menus. In fact, I need to set the first item of a context menu in bold (the one called when I double click).
So is it possible to do it?

Sebastien

[Arun Srinivasan]

Hi Sebastien,

Sorry if my earlier posting was not clear. As I mentioned, the fonts for the SubMenus are hard coded currently, but this has been logged in as a feature request for consideration in a future release.

Regards,
Arun

[Arun Srinivasan]

Hi Ken, You could use the LargeIcons and the LargeImagelist properties of the BarManager. The Essential Tools Team is currently working on fixing the display of large fonts for the menus and I will update you as soon as it has been addressed. Regards Arun

[Ken Law]

Thanks Arun,

I will be going forward with development under the assumption I will eventually be able to increase the size of the fonts in the submenus.