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Changing the font in a hint window

Question: How can I change the font of a hint window? Answer: The following example traps the Application.OnShowHint event and changes the font. Example: type TForm1 = class(TForm) procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject); private { Private declarations } public procedure MyShowHint(var HintStr: string; var CanShow: Boolean; var HintInfo: THintInfo); { Public declarations } end; var Form1: TForm1; implementation {$R *.DFM} procedure TForm1.MyShowHint(var HintStr: string; var CanShow: Boolean; var HintInfo: THintInfo); var i : integer; begin for i := 0 to Application.ComponentCount - 1 do if Application.Components[i] is THintWindow then with THintWindow(Application.Components[i]).Canvas do begin Font.Name := 'Arial'; Font.Size := 18; Font.Style := [fsBold]; HintInfo.HintColor := clWhite; end; end; procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject); begin Application.OnShowHint := MyShowHint; end;