Ok i am using a C# windows form and Visual Studio 2005.

I have a form that is displaying a bunch of customer info on the bottom half of the form and then i have a panel on top of that portion of that form that has a datagrid on it. at the top is the search field so when you type a name and click search the panel sets to visible and shows the datagrid, then u select from the list and click submit and the panel goes back to visible=false and it shows the customer info again. this is working great for my application but the problem comes in when i try to work on the form. Is there a way to hide the panel when i am in design view? i cant edit things easily behind that panel, is there an easier way of doing this? or maybe another way to accomplish the same thing without using a panel?

sorry if i typed alot but its kinda hard to explain, hehe.
thx guyz