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How to: Give Your Control a Transparent Background
Learn how to give your control a transparent background using the properties window at design time.
03/30/2017
transparent backgrounds [Windows Forms], custom controls
custom controls [Windows Forms], transparent background
transparency [Windows Forms], Windows Forms custom controls
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How to: Give Your Control a Transparent Background

In earlier versions of the .NET Framework, controls didn't support setting transparent backcolors without first setting the xref:System.Windows.Forms.Control.SetStyle%2A method in the forms's constructor. In the current framework version, the backcolor for most controls can be set to xref:System.Drawing.Color.Transparent%2A in the Properties window at design time, or in code in the form's constructor.

Note

Windows Forms controls do not support true transparency. The background of a transparent Windows Forms control is painted by its parent.

Note

The xref:System.Windows.Controls.Button control doesn't support a transparent backcolor even when the xref:System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.BackColor%2A property is set to xref:System.Drawing.Color.Transparent%2A.

To give your control a transparent backcolor

  • In the Properties window, choose the xref:System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.BackColor%2A property and set it to xref:System.Drawing.Color.Transparent%2A

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