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So I have a form with a tabcontrol that takes up the entire view. I have 3 buttons that I have managed to get to be on top of this tabcontrol at all times. I have a 4th button that is always underneath the tab control. How do I get always on top like the others?
The order that controls, in the same container, appear (both visually and interactively) is determined by their “z-order”. The term z-order is referring to the 3rd dimension, depth which is often referred to as the z axis.
In WinForms, the z-order is determined by the order in which controls are added to a ControlsCollection (i.e. Control.Controls).
You can see the z-order of controls (as well as container grouping) by opening up the “Document Outline view” when viewing you Form’s designer view. This lists every control and every container. They are indented by their container and the z-order is the order they appear in. You can use the up and down buttons to move the selected item up or down in z-order.