Making label underline on mouse hover

Question

I need to make label underline when I enter the label with my mouse. How can I do that? I tried few options but it didn't work. Can anyone tell me how to do that?

Have you tried anything? is this winforms, wpf or maybe something else? — DROP TABLE users, Dec 31 '13 at 18:46
Metro? WinForms? WPF? Silverlight? Windows Phone? ASP.Net? MonoTouch? — SLaks, Dec 31 '13 at 18:46

Pierre-Luc Pineault · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-27T04:45:04.303

You can use the MouseEnter and MouseLeave events of your label to modify the Font used

private void OnMouseEnter(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    label1.Font = new Font(label1.Font.Name, label1.Font.SizeInPoints, FontStyle.Underline); 
}

private void OnMouseLeave(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    label1.Font = new Font(label1.Font.Name, label1.Font.SizeInPoints, FontStyle.Regular); 
}

If you do not need to modify the font name or size you can directly use new Font(label1.Font, FontStyle.Underline)

Also, if you need to add multiple styles, you can use the | operator :

label1.Font = new Font(label1.Font.Name, label1.Font.SizeInPoints, FontStyle.Underline | FontStyle.Bold);

CAbbott · Answer 2 · 2013-12-31T18:55:28.927

2

You can use the MouseEnter and MouseLeave events like so:

private void label1_MouseEnter(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    label1.Font = new Font(label1.Font, FontStyle.Underline);
}

private void label1_MouseLeave(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    label1.Font = new Font(label1.Font, FontStyle.Regular);
}

edited Dec 31 '13 at 18:55

answered Dec 31 '13 at 18:47

CAbbott

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 31 '13 at 19:00

Use this.
set a new Instance of Font

private void label1_MouseHover(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            label1.Font = new Font(label1.Font.Name, 8, FontStyle.Underline);
            label1.Font = new Font(label1.Font.Name, 8, FontStyle.Bold|FontStyle.Underline);//For Bold Also
        }   
private void label1_MouseLeave(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            label1.Font = new Font(label1.Font.Name, 8);
        }

Making label underline on mouse hover

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