1) When I use an NRichTextLabel I've noticed that it doesn't honor its Font property.  It's using a different font.  When I put both a Label and an NRichTextLabel on my Form which has the same text string in it I can see it looks different.  When I change the text in the NRichTextLabel to be "<font size='8.25' face='Microsoft Sans Serif'>my comparison string</font>" thinking this is the same font as the Label is using while it does look similar its spreading the string out much further than the Label does.  Am I coding the size and face values correctly?

2) A common feature in a Label control is to use the ampersand(& character to denote the mnemonic. When the user presses the Alt+mnemonic character focus goes to the control after the Label.  Is this support a part of the NRichTextLabel?  I was also looking at the NEntryContainer and I suspect it uses an NRichTextLabel for its label portion.  In the Nevron C# Examples program the toolkit provides it has an "Entry Controls" subtree showing two nice looking forms using the NEntryContainer but in a complete UX these forms would need mnemonic support.  Is there some way to accomplish this on those forms?

Hello Craig,

To apply font to NRichTextLabel you need to set the following property:
NRichTextLabel.Item.Style.FontInfo

To be able to set a mnemonic character you need to switch the TextRenderMode to GDIPlus:
NRichTextLabel.Item.Style.TextRenderMode = TextRenderMode.GdiPlus

Yes, NEntryContainer is NRichTextLabel, so you can set its label to have mnemonic character as described above.
NEntryContainer.Item.Style.TextRenderMode = TextRenderMode.GdiPlus;

I hope this helps.

Best Regards,
Nevron Support Team

Thanks for responding.  Good to know.  I had missed seeing those properties on the Item.Style property.

1) When setting the Item.Style.FontInfo values to be the same my Label is using with the same text string I see it using the same font but it draws the text string out longer.  It seems like a different drawing engine must be used. (Update: Ahh, I see.  It's the difference between specifying Gdi and GdiPlus.  I get it now.)

2) When using GdiPlus I can see the ampersand character is used to underline the character after it visually like I was looking for.  However, when pressing Alt+<mnemonic> I hear a beep and focus doesn't move to the field after it like a Label control does.  Is this a bug or am I expected to implement that support myself? 

3) Also, I was inspired by the Nevron "Extended Entry Controls" example your toolkit provides which uses the NEntryElement with rich text labels to show a red asterisk character with the text prompt but I need to show a mnemonic and have the Alt+<mnemonic> key work along with a red asterisk.  Can it be configured to do this?

My previous forum reply seems to have gotten lost so I thought I'd try once more.
Thanks for responding and explaining.  I hadn't noticed the Item.Style properties.

1) I see once I change the rendering from RichText to Gdi and set the FontStyle property I can get the same results as a Label control.

2) When using GdiPlus or Gdi I do now see the mnemonic underlined when using the ampersand character.  However, when I press Alt + <mnemonic> I hear a beep and focus is not being moved to the next field in the tab order.  Is this a bug?

3) In the "Extended Entry Controls" C# example that comes with the Nevron toolkit it shows a form using the NEntryContainer with a prompt which has a label and a red asterisk together.  Thus its using the RichText rendering.  I was inspired by this but I was looking forward to having mnemonic support too.  I've not tried this but I suppose I can use the underline rich text tag and then override the control and add the processmnemonic method to get mnemonic support on a rich text rendering but does the control provide any easier support than this?