TFontDialog.Font Property

Indicates the selected font.

Pascal

property Font: TFont;

C++

__property TFont Font;

Description

When the user selects a font in the dialog box and clicks OK, the selected font becomes the value of the Font property. To make a default font appear in the dialog when it opens, assign a value to Font in the Object Inspector or in program code.

Copy Code

FontDialog1.Font := Form1.Font;
if FontDialog1.Execute then
for i := 0 to (Form1.ControlCount - 1) do
if (Form1.Controls[i] is TButton) then
      (Form1.Controls[i] as TButton).Font :=
        FontDialog1.Font

Copy Code

FontDialog1->Font = Form1->Font;
if (FontDialog1->Execute())
  Button1->Font = FontDialog1->Font;

C++ Examples:

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/*
This example takes an edit control, a button, and a rich
edit control on a form.  When the user presses the button, a
Font dialog appears.  When the user clicks the Apply (not OK)
button in the Font dialog, the currently selected font is
applied to the active control. Clicking the button sets the
ActiveControl to the button.  That is why we need to save
the ActiveControl in a shared OnEnter procedure.  In the rich
edit, only the text selected converts.
*/
TWinControl *myActiveControl;

void __fastcall TForm1::Button1Click(TObject *Sender)
{
  FontDialog1->Options << fdApplyButton;
  FontDialog1->Execute();
}

void __fastcall TForm1::FontDialog1Apply(TObject *Sender, HWND Wnd)
{
  if (myActiveControl->ClassNameIs("TEdit"))
   (dynamic_cast<TEdit *>(myActiveControl))->Font->Assign(FontDialog1->Font);
  else if (myActiveControl->ClassNameIs("TRichEdit"))
    (dynamic_cast<TRichEdit *>(myActiveControl))->SelAttributes->Assign(FontDialog1->Font);
  else
    MessageBeep(0);
}

void __fastcall TForm1::Edit1Enter(TObject *Sender)
{
  myActiveControl = ActiveControl;
}

Delphi Examples:

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{
This example takes an edit control, a button, and a rich
edit control on a form.  When the user presses the button, a
Font dialog appears.  When the user clicks the Apply (not OK)
button in the Font dialog, the currently selected font is
applied to the active control. Clicking the button sets the
ActiveControl to the button.  That is why we need to save
the ActiveControl in a shared OnEnter procedure.  In the rich
edit, only the text selected converts.
} 
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
   FontDialog1.Options := FontDialog1.Options + [fdApplyButton];
   FontDialog1.Execute;
end;

procedure TForm1.Edit1Enter(Sender: TObject);
begin
  myActiveControl := ActiveControl;
end;

procedure TForm1.FontDialog1Apply(Sender: TObject; Wnd: HWND);
begin
  if myActiveControl is TEdit then
    with myActiveControl as TEdit do
       Font.Assign(TFontDialog(Sender).Font)
  else if myActiveControl is TRichEdit then
    with myActiveControl as TRichEdit do
      SelAttributes.Assign(TFontDialog(Sender).Font)
  else
    Beep;
end;