Transparent label problem

[TimSWatson]

Hi Im having a problem making the background of a label transparent. I have a label on top of a picturebox and I make the labels parent the picturebox. I also set the labels backcolor to transparent. For some reason the label just disapears when I do this. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanx

[Abhinav S]

Try by setting the textbox's parent to the picture box and also by bringing the label to the front. Something like

Label1.Parent = PictureBox1;
Label1.BringToFront();

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[Dave Kreskowiak]

Setting the background to Color.Transparent tells the label control to inherit the background properties of it's parent container. It does NOT make the background transparent. In order to do what you want, you'd have to create your own label control and render it yourself. Your not the first person to want to do this. There are a ton of examples of doing a true TransparentLabel ono the web. All it takes is a little Google to find them. ".net transparent label[^]"

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[Johnny J]

This article's code contains a transparent label control that I have found useful on numerous occasions: SimpleLine line and box graphics controls[^]