Question

This is probably quite a simple question but very hard to google! I’m loading my header from external content so sometimes it will be longer than others. What I want is for the font to automatically resize so it fits on the page. Any ideas?

        <controls:PivotItem Name="Header" Header="some string that can be long" FontStretch="ExtraCondensed">

Answer 1

The easiest way is to use a converter that converts the string length to a font stretch/font size:

   <controls:PivotItem Name="Header" Header="{Binding theString}" 
         FontStretch="{Binding thestring, Converter={StaticResource stringToFontStretchConverter}}" 
         FontSize="{Binding thestring, Converter={StaticResource stringToFontSizeConverter}}">

although from a design perspective I wouldn’t change the font depending on the string length