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hmm, I want the combo box to display "Calibri" for example instead of "[Font Family: Name=Calibri]" when I select it from the list of items. But I don't know what's causing it to be like that, and which to change

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•Created by PotatOBiTz on 7/12/2023 in #help

✅ Changing the individual font of items in a Combo Box - C# Windows Forms

perhaps I did, this came from the code snippet I found from stack overflow btw, I don't completely understand what is happening aside from that DataSource is a collection of objects and that DrawItem changes how a combo box/listbox is drawn. The rest I have a vague understanding

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•Created by PotatOBiTz on 7/12/2023 in #help

✅ Changing the individual font of items in a Combo Box - C# Windows Forms

yep, I've enabled this to OwnerDrawFixed

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•Created by PotatOBiTz on 7/12/2023 in #help

✅ Changing the individual font of items in a Combo Box - C# Windows Forms

I tried to declare variables to hold the System.Drawing.FontFamily.Families, then put it inside cboFont.DataSource (something like a cboFont.DataSource = font.Name) so I can put a .Name on the variable, but ig that doesn't work. I've never worked with DrawItem events nor .DataSource, this is perhaps my first time trying to understand these

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•Created by PotatOBiTz on 7/12/2023 in #help

✅ Changing the individual font of items in a Combo Box - C# Windows Forms

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•Created by PotatOBiTz on 7/12/2023 in #help

✅ Changing the individual font of items in a Combo Box - C# Windows Forms

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace g7ccs
{
    public partial class frmFont : Form
    {
        public frmFont()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            cboFont.DrawItem += cboFont_DrawItem;
            /*foreach(FontFamily fontfamily in FontFamily.Families)
            {
                cboFont.Items.Add(fontfamily.Name);
            }
            */
            cboFont.DataSource = System.Drawing.FontFamily.Families.ToList();
        }

        private void cboFont_DrawItem(object sender, DrawItemEventArgs e)
        {
            var comboBox = (ComboBox)sender;
            var fontFamily = (FontFamily)comboBox.Items[e.Index];
            var font = new Font(fontFamily, comboBox.Font.SizeInPoints);

            e.DrawBackground();
            e.Graphics.DrawString (font.Name, font, Brushes.Black, e.Bounds.X, e.Bounds.Y);
        }

        private void cboFont_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            string sFontName = cboFont.SelectedItem.ToString();
            Font selectedFont = new Font(sFontName, lblSample.Font.Size, lblSample.Font.Style);
            lblSample.Font = selectedFont;
        }

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace g7ccs
{
    public partial class frmFont : Form
    {
        public frmFont()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            cboFont.DrawItem += cboFont_DrawItem;
            /*foreach(FontFamily fontfamily in FontFamily.Families)
            {
                cboFont.Items.Add(fontfamily.Name);
            }
            */
            cboFont.DataSource = System.Drawing.FontFamily.Families.ToList();
        }

        private void cboFont_DrawItem(object sender, DrawItemEventArgs e)
        {
            var comboBox = (ComboBox)sender;
            var fontFamily = (FontFamily)comboBox.Items[e.Index];
            var font = new Font(fontFamily, comboBox.Font.SizeInPoints);

            e.DrawBackground();
            e.Graphics.DrawString (font.Name, font, Brushes.Black, e.Bounds.X, e.Bounds.Y);
        }

        private void cboFont_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            string sFontName = cboFont.SelectedItem.ToString();
            Font selectedFont = new Font(sFontName, lblSample.Font.Size, lblSample.Font.Style);
            lblSample.Font = selectedFont;
        }

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•Created by PotatOBiTz on 7/12/2023 in #help

✅ Changing the individual font of items in a Combo Box - C# Windows Forms

ah sure hang on

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