Winforms C# make a panel background transparent

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Hi Guys,

I am trying to make a menu using panels and buttons in a C# Winforms project.
Previously i Set the background to transparent and it was working, now i am trying to set it to transparent in the properties with no luck, Need Help
Thanks

this.OrganizationMenuPanel.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Transparent;
            this.OrganizationMenuPanel.Controls.Add(this.button16);
            this.OrganizationMenuPanel.Controls.Add(this.button15);
            this.OrganizationMenuPanel.Controls.Add(this.button14);
            this.OrganizationMenuPanel.Controls.Add(this.button13);
            this.OrganizationMenuPanel.Controls.Add(this.button12);
            this.OrganizationMenuPanel.Controls.Add(this.button11);
            this.OrganizationMenuPanel.Controls.Add(this.button10);
            this.OrganizationMenuPanel.Controls.Add(this.button9);
            this.OrganizationMenuPanel.Controls.Add(this.button8);
            this.OrganizationMenuPanel.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(148, 148);
            this.OrganizationMenuPanel.Name = "OrganizationMenuPanel";
            this.OrganizationMenuPanel.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(171, 372);
            this.OrganizationMenuPanel.TabIndex = 4;
            this.OrganizationMenuPanel.Visible = false;
            this.OrganizationMenuPanel.Leave += new System.EventHandler(this.OrganizationMenuPanel_Leave);
            this.OrganizationMenuPanel.MouseEnter += new System.EventHandler(this.OrganizationMenuPanel_MouseEnter);
            this.OrganizationMenuPanel.MouseLeave += new System.EventHandler(this.OrganizationMenuPanel_MouseLeave);
            this.OrganizationMenuPanel.MouseMove += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.OrganizationMenuPanel_MouseMove);

What I have tried:

it was working and now its not anymore i don't know what to try

Posted 1-Oct-17 4:29am

ezanaw

Updated 18-Mar-20 5:11am

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Mehdi Gholam 1-Oct-17 10:57am

What changed in your environment?

ezanaw 1-Oct-17 12:17pm

nothing as far as i can tell

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Solution 2

try by setting form background and transparencykey same

this.BackColor = Color.Red;
this.TransparencyKey = Color.Red;
this.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.None;

Posted 11-Oct-19 14:30pm

Prashant Manjule

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Dave Kreskowiak 11-Oct-19 22:20pm

You didn't read my answer from 2 years ago, did you?

You also didn't read the documentation on TransparencyKey either. It applies to Forms, not to Controls, like Panel.

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Dave Kreskowiak · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-01T07:35:00

In Windows Forms, Transparent isn't. All that does is tell the control to take on the fore/back ground properties of the container that contains it.

For example, you put a Panel on a Form. If you set the BackColor of the Panel to Transparent, the Panel will take on the BackColor property of the Form. It does NOT make the Panel see-through.

There are some articles and forum answers out there that take you through making your own pseudo-transparent Panel control by not drawing the background of the Panel. This technique may or may not do the trick for you, depending on what's going on on your Form behind your Panel control.

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