RadialControllerMenuItem.CreateFromFontGlyph Method

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Definition

Namespace:
Windows.UI.Input

Overloads

CreateFromFontGlyph(String, String, String)

Creates a custom tool (using the specified text string and font glyph) on the RadialController menu.
CreateFromFontGlyph(String, String, String, Uri)

Creates a custom tool (using the specified text string and font glyph) on the RadialController menu.

CreateFromFontGlyph(String, String, String)

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Creates a custom tool (using the specified text string and font glyph) on the RadialController menu.

public:
 static RadialControllerMenuItem ^ CreateFromFontGlyph(Platform::String ^ displayText, Platform::String ^ glyph, Platform::String ^ fontFamily);
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Overload("CreateFromFontGlyph")]
 static RadialControllerMenuItem CreateFromFontGlyph(winrt::hstring const& displayText, winrt::hstring const& glyph, winrt::hstring const& fontFamily);
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Overload("CreateFromFontGlyph")]
public static RadialControllerMenuItem CreateFromFontGlyph(string displayText, string glyph, string fontFamily);
function createFromFontGlyph(displayText, glyph, fontFamily)
Public Shared Function CreateFromFontGlyph (displayText As String, glyph As String, fontFamily As String) As RadialControllerMenuItem

Parameters

displayText
String

Platform::String

winrt::hstring

The text string to display for the custom tool.

glyph
String

Platform::String

winrt::hstring

The font glyph to display for the custom tool.

fontFamily
String

Platform::String

winrt::hstring

The font family that contains the glyph to display for the custom tool.

Returns

RadialControllerMenuItem

The custom tool.

Attributes
OverloadAttribute

Windows requirements

Device family
Windows 10 Creators Update (introduced in 10.0.15063.0)
API contract
Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v4.0)

Remarks

Use this method overload when you referencing a font already installed on the system. Otherwise, use CreateFromFontGlyph(String displayText, String glyph, String fontFamily, Uri fontUri).

RadialController menu operations, including CreateFromKnownIcon, CreateFromIcon, CreateFromFontGlyph, CreateFromFontGlyph, ResetToDefaultMenuItems, SetDefaultMenuItems, and TrySelectDefaultMenuItem, should be performed on the UI thread. Doing so in a background worker thread can cause issues with event handlers on the UI thread.

UX guidelines for the Surface Dial recommend the following:

  • Text
    • Names should be short to fit inside the central circle of the wheel menu
    • Names should clearly identify the primary action (a complementary action can be implied)
    • Scroll indicates the effect of both rotation directions
    • Undo specifies a primary action, but redo (the complementary action) can be inferred and easily discovered by the user

See also

Applies to

CreateFromFontGlyph(String, String, String, Uri)

Edit

Creates a custom tool (using the specified text string and font glyph) on the RadialController menu.

public:
 static RadialControllerMenuItem ^ CreateFromFontGlyph(Platform::String ^ displayText, Platform::String ^ glyph, Platform::String ^ fontFamily, Uri ^ fontUri);
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Overload("CreateFromFontGlyphWithUri")]
 static RadialControllerMenuItem CreateFromFontGlyph(winrt::hstring const& displayText, winrt::hstring const& glyph, winrt::hstring const& fontFamily, Uri const& fontUri);
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.Overload("CreateFromFontGlyphWithUri")]
public static RadialControllerMenuItem CreateFromFontGlyph(string displayText, string glyph, string fontFamily, System.Uri fontUri);
function createFromFontGlyph(displayText, glyph, fontFamily, fontUri)
Public Shared Function CreateFromFontGlyph (displayText As String, glyph As String, fontFamily As String, fontUri As Uri) As RadialControllerMenuItem

Parameters

displayText
String

Platform::String

winrt::hstring

The text string to display for the custom tool.

glyph
String

Platform::String

winrt::hstring

The font glyph to display for the custom tool.

fontFamily
String

Platform::String

winrt::hstring

The font family that contains the glyph to display for the custom tool.

fontUri
Uri Uri

The Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that identifies the location of the font used for rendering the glyph.

Returns

RadialControllerMenuItem

The custom tool.

Attributes
OverloadAttribute

Windows requirements

Device family
Windows 10 Creators Update (introduced in 10.0.15063.0)
API contract
Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v4.0)

Remarks

When using this method overload to reference a font glyph installed with your app's appx package, your app might display a broken image when deployed from Visual Studio. In this case, you should first create an app package (Project->Store->CreateAppPackage) and then deploy.

RadialController menu operations, including CreateFromKnownIcon, CreateFromIcon, CreateFromFontGlyph, CreateFromFontGlyph, ResetToDefaultMenuItems, SetDefaultMenuItems, and TrySelectDefaultMenuItem, should be performed on the UI thread. Doing so in a background worker thread can cause issues with event handlers on the UI thread.

UX guidelines for the Surface Dial recommend the following:

  • Text
    • Names should be short to fit inside the central circle of the wheel menu
    • Names should clearly identify the primary action (a complementary action can be implied)
    • Scroll indicates the effect of both rotation directions
    • Undo specifies a primary action, but redo (the complementary action) can be inferred and easily discovered by the user

See also

Applies to