How to set a panel's opacity to the other controls of the form in c# Win. form?

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Krunal Rohit · Answer 1 · 2014-03-22T21:52:00

Solution 1

C#

public partial class Form1 : Form 
{
    public Form1() 
{
        InitializeComponent();
        this.BackColor = Color.White;
        panel1.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(25, Color.Black);
    }
}

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-KR

Posted 22-Mar-14 21:52pm

Krunal Rohit

Updated 25-Mar-14 3:37am

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Comments

agent_kruger 25-Mar-14 3:51am

sir, actually by seeing the code it looks like you are drawing a rectangle with "PEN" but how does it change the opacity let's say "50%".

Krunal Rohit 25-Mar-14 9:38am

Answer is updated...

-KR

agent_kruger 27-Mar-14 5:36am

but actually it turn the back color of panel to gray and still keeping it opaque.