Application.SetDefaultFont(Font) not available in VB.NET

[MichaelMayrhofer]

• .NET Core Version: .NET 6.0.100-rc.1.21458.32

• Have you experienced this same bug with .NET Framework?: No

Problem description:
According to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.windows.forms.application.setdefaultfont?view=net-6.0 there should be a method Application.SetDefaultFont(Font) also available in VB.NET, but it isn't. The compiler reports an error when I add this method call in my VB.NET app.

[RussKie]

The method is available, however it is available on System.Windows.Forms.Application type:

VB has a property called Application, and this is causes the confusion.

[RussKie]

@KlausLoeffelmann can provide more guidance related to configuring default properties for VB apps.

[MichaelMayrhofer]

@RussKie Oh, I didn't notice that the property Application is in the System.Windows.Forms namespace.
Thank you for your quick reply!

[DualBrain]

Was this possible collision not considered? Now that this one exists... what future ones may we expect? Would it make sense to alias (shadow or something) these in the VB side since they appear to be "the same thing"?

[KlausLoeffelmann]

Folks, this is VB! We will be OK!
This has been moved to the Application Framework, where it belongs.
So, starting with .NET 6, we have a new Application Event called ApplyApplicationDefaults.

Please take a look at the API Review discussion, why and how we had implemented it:
Also, as a FYI, we also fixed a bug where showing the Splash Screen through the App Framework always ate up 100% workload of a core.
This has been fixed for .NET 6 as well.

#5069

So, with this we're pretty well prepared to go forward, once we decide to tackle more defaults.