Making text bold in dropdown menu item C#

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Hi,

i have the following code, and I want to make the selected item bold or checked. My compiler gives an error which tells me it is read-only. Is there some sort of workaround here?

Thanks!

C#

private void addprinter(string printername)
{

    ToolStripItem addItem = selectPrinterToolStripMenuItem1.DropDownItems.Add(printername);
    addItem.Click += new EventHandler(printerName_Click);


}
private void printerName_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    ToolStripItem item = (ToolStripItem)sender;
    SelectedPrinterName = item.Text;
    item.Font.Bold = true; // <-- error is here
    item.Checked = true; // <--and here
    MessageBox.Show(SelectedPrinterName, "SystemInformation #208", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);
}

Posted 28-Sep-12 4:08am

pieterjann

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fjdiewornncalwe · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-28T04:22:00

I'm not sure if this solution will work for you, but here goes:

The problem is that the properties inside the Font are read-only. The solution is to create a new font, like this:

C#

btn1.DropDown.Font = new Font(btn1.DropDown.Font, FontStyle.Bold);

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Another potential way to do this is: This One[^]. You could perhaps use the concepts in this solution to apply against your selected item.