Question

I have a problem with:

BackColor = Color.Transparent;

It’s not working correctly. I have a form with a blue background, and a picturebox with a picture loaded in it. It’s not actually taking what’s in the picture, but rather – the form’s background color. Please tell me there’s a simple way to go around this?

What you see in the following screenshot is a custom usercontrol with it’s backColor set to transparent, on top of a picture, in a form with a blue background.

I need the usercontrol to display what’s UNDER it, as real transparency, it should be showing the gradient and part of the image.

Answer 1

Try setting the picture box to be the parent of the custom user control.

myControl.Parent = this.myPictureBox;