Creating a Copyright Label Control in .NET MAUI

Environment

Product	Author
.NET MAUI	Dobrinka Yordanova

Description

I want to know how to create a Copyright label control for my application using .NET MAUI. I need the control to display the copyright symbol followed by a year and some text, with custom text color, underlining, and tap gesture recognizers for handling user interactions.

This knowledge base article also answers the following questions:

• How to format text in a Label using spans in .NET MAUI?
• How to add tap gesture recognizers to a Label in .NET MAUI app?
• How to underline and set text colors for individual spans in .NET MAUI?

Solution

To create a Copyright label control, use the Label control with formatted text consisting of multiple spans. Below is the implementation:

<Label>
    <Label.FormattedText>
        <FormattedString>
            <!-- Display the copyright symbol -->
            <Span Text="&#169;" />

            <!-- Display the copyright year and text with custom styling -->
            <Span Text="Copyright 2025"
                  TextColor="Blue"
                  TextDecorations="Underline">
                <!-- Add a tap gesture recognizer -->
                <Span.GestureRecognizers>
                    <TapGestureRecognizer Command="{Binding TapCommand}" />
                </Span.GestureRecognizers>
            </Span>
        </FormattedString>
    </Label.FormattedText>
</Label>

1. The Span inside FormattedString allows you to define segments of text with different styles and behaviors.
2. The copyright symbol (©) is defined as a separate Span.
3. Another Span is used for the "Copyright 2025" text, with TextColor set to Blue and TextDecorations set to Underline.
4. A TapGestureRecognizer is added to the second Span to handle user interactions. Bind it to a command in the view model using {Binding TapCommand}.

See Also

• Label Documentation for .NET MAUI
• FormattedString Documentation
• Gesture Recognizers in .NET MAUI