Button FontWeight doesn't work

Question

I try to set fontWeight of an Button but font weight is still the same.

My button

<Button x:Name="MyButton"
    Grid.Row="3"
    FontWeight="Bold"
    Content="something"
    Padding="16,10,12,12"
    FontSize="24"
    Background="White"
    Foreground="#400000"
    HorizontalContentAlignment="Left" />

How can I solve this problem?

Answer 1

To set the FontWeight you have to actually set the FontWeight.
See below where I've added this property to your code and set it to "Thin":

For WP7.x any page level style will override what you're doing explicitly so you need to do a little bit more work:

    <Button x:Name="MyButton"
            Grid.Row="3"
            Padding="16,10,12,12"
            FontSize="24"
            Background="White"
            HorizontalContentAlignment="Left" >
            <TextBlock Text="something"
                       Style="{StaticResource PhoneTextNormalStyle}" 
                       Foreground="#400000"
                       FontWeight="Thin" />
        </Button>

Note that I've had to set a style for the content and then applied a FontWeight which will override what's in the style.

This (simpler version) will work for WP8

        <Button x:Name="MyButton"
                FontWeight="Thin"
                Grid.Row="3"
                Content="something"
                Padding="16,10,12,12"
                FontSize="24"
                Background="White"
                Foreground="#400000"
                HorizontalContentAlignment="Left" />