Do .NET GUI components support HTML (like Java swing does)?

Question

HTML can be used in Java swing GUI components, like JTextBox, JButton, ... etc.

Is there an equivalent to that in .NET (C#) WinForms? or at least some simple way of making a single word bold inside a textbox without using another GUI component?

Answer 1

For .Net you'll need to either use a RichTextbox control (and rtf formatting), embed a WebBrowser control, or inherit your own OwnerDrawn control from textbox.

I would be surprised if there aren't third-party controls out there that do that last option for you, but there's nothing "official" for this and you'll have to evaluate them yourself.

Answer 2

No, I don't think you can easily do that with a normal TextBox or Button. There are third party controls that might do that. WinForms is not a very extensible GUI framework at heart. If you are looking for that kind of capabilities, WPF is a great thing. WPF supports control composition and styling almost everywhere.

Answer 3

One option would be to use a WPF TextBlock (I think) control which has support for basic formatting like HTML (but not HTML tag themselves).