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Adding Emphasis to Control Text

     

Julian just posted about new text formatting technology coming out in the v2008 vol 2 release of our controls.

However, the "ransom note screen shots" posted there don't reveal just how incredible this feature is. With great power comes great responsibility, so let's keep the emphasis subtle for striking effects.

For example, take a look at this screen shot, where important words are elegantly emphasized with bold text:

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Nice, isn't it? And interfaces like this improve user efficiency as well.

We're looking forward to see what you do with this.

Published Jul 11 2008, 02:46 PM by Mark Miller (DevExpress)
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Shankar said:

Excellent Idea. Is it available on the ASP.net Controls? e.g Search Criteria  

July 12, 2008 9:11 AM
 

Pietro Allegretti said:

Hi Mark,

what kind of skin is used in the screenshots?

July 14, 2008 5:27 AM
 

Robert Johnson said:

I'd like to know the skin too!

July 14, 2008 1:29 PM
 

Greg Munn said:

I believe that it is a screenshot from Adobe Lightroom.

Greg

July 14, 2008 8:55 PM
 

Renaud Bompuis said:

Time for a "Lightroom" skin...

These UI improvements are really welcome. They sometimes seem small but they can have a huge impact on usability and discoverability.

What about other small things like Dock Panel fading?

www.devexpress.com/issue=S91346

July 14, 2008 11:06 PM

About Mark Miller (DevExpress)

Mark Miller is a C# MVP with strong expertise in decoupled design, plug-in architectures, and great UI. Mark is Chief Architect of the IDE Tools division at Developer Express, and is the visionary force behind productivity tools like CodeRush and Refactor!, as well as the DXCore extensibility layer for Visual Studio. Mark is a popular speaker at conferences around the world and has been writing software for over two decades.
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