Use the Bold, Italic, Underline and StrikeOut properties to apply different font attributes to the item. Use the Caption property to display different parts of the caption using HTML format. Use the Font property to specify the control's font. Use the Group property to get the group that owns the item.

The following VB sample specifies that all items in the first group should appear in italic:

Private Sub ExplorerBar1_AddItem(ByVal Item As EXPLORERBARLibCtl.IItem)
    If (Item.Group.Index = 0) Then
        With Item
            .Italic = True
        End With
    End If
End Sub

The following C++ sample specifies that all items in the first group should appear in italic:

void OnAddItemExplorerbar1(LPDISPATCH Item) 
{
	CItem item( Item ); item.m_bAutoRelease = FALSE;
	if ( item.GetGroup().GetIndex() == 0 )
		item.SetItalic( TRUE );
}

The following VB.NET sample specifies that all items in the first group should appear in italic:

Private Sub AxExplorerBar1_AddItem(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As AxEXPLORERBARLib._IExplorerBarEvents_AddItemEvent) Handles AxExplorerBar1.AddItem
    With e.item
        If (.Group.Index = 0) Then
            .Italic = True
        End If
    End With
End Sub

The following C# sample specifies that all items in the first group should appear in italic:

private void axExplorerBar1_AddItem(object sender, AxEXPLORERBARLib._IExplorerBarEvents_AddItemEvent e)
{
	if (e.item.Group.Index == 0)
		e.item.Italic = true;
}

The following VFP sample specifies that all items in the first group should appear in italic:

*** ActiveX Control Event ***
LPARAMETERS item

with item
	If (.Group.Index = 0) Then
		.Italic = .t.
	EndIf
endwith