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Asked: 2026-05-11T08:14:25+00:00

I have a WPF Label control which I’m trying to change the appearance of

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I have a WPF Label control which I’m trying to change the appearance of using a System.Drawing.Font object supplied by some legacy code. I have been able to set most of the properties, but am struggling with Strikeout and Underline.

So far I have:

System.Drawing.Font font = FontFromLegacyCode();  System.Windows.Controls.Label label = new System.Windows.Controls.Label(); label.FontFamily = new System.Windows.Media.FontFamily( font.Name ); label.FontWeight = font.Bold ? System.Windows.FontWeights.Bold : System.Windows.FontWeights.Regular; label.FontStyle = font.Italic ? System.Windows.FontStyles.Italic : System.Windows.FontStyles.Normal; label.FontSize = font.Size;

How do you set the font strikeout or underline properties? Is there a better control to use?

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  1. I would change it to a TextBlock control. The TextBlock control has the TextDecorations property you can use. 

    <TextBlock Name='textBlock' TextDecorations='Underline, Strikethrough' />

    Or you can stick a TextBlock inside a Label if you really like (although I’d just use the TextBlock by itself).

    <Label Name='label'>     <TextBlock Name='textBlock' TextDecorations='Underline, Strikethrough' /> </Label>

    Have a look at the TextDecorations class.

    I find that TextBlocks are more suitable than Labels in most situations. Here’s a blog post about the differences. The chief difference being that a Label is a Control whereas a TextBlock is just a FrameworkElement. Also a Label supports access keys.

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