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Hi All,
I need to have transparent textboxes. I thought it would be as simple as inheriting TextBox and putting the following code in the constructor:-
setstyle(ControlStyles.SupportsTransparentBackColor, True)
The textbox now certainly allows me to set the backcolor to transparent, but unfortunately it always displays as white when I do.
Any clues?
Alan Liddle
as far as I know, you cant have a transparent control
I have alread created a transparent label and a few other usercontrols. Documentation suggests that by simply inheriting and setting the Style correctly it will work. If I don't set the SetStyle and try to set the background color to transparent it generates an error. The the style set it doesn't.
Alan :confused:
Umm I mean can you see what's under the control?
if you put your transparent textbox on top of a command button, can you see the command button under the textbox?
Yep! At least that is what happens with our label and other controls. But we designed them from the ground up (Inherited from UserControl). The textbox control I have has been inherited from TextBox.