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General Category => Support Questions => Topic started by: Mvlawn on February 21, 2016, 08:26:50 PM

Title: Transparent Textbox
Post by: Mvlawn on February 21, 2016, 08:26:50 PM

Does a text box exist that has transparency? Everything else seems to have some transparency to it.

Title: Re: Transparent Textbox
Post by: Archie on February 21, 2016, 08:34:59 PM

Do you need it for entering data? If not, a Label will accept a transparent backcolor.

Title: Re: Transparent Textbox
Post by: Mvlawn on February 21, 2016, 08:51:58 PM

Archie. Thank You for the support and the HMI. No, just text. I have slid in BasicLabel along with a regular Label and no dice. I have run into this before with the gauges not being transparent, I have no clue what I did but the transparency started working.

Title: Re: Transparent Textbox
Post by: Archie on February 21, 2016, 09:02:02 PM

I just tested with a regular label in the All Windows Forms group and also a BasicLabel. I set the BackgroundColor to Transparent, then changed the BackColor of the form to see if the color showed through the label. Both times it worked. I wonder if it has anything to do with what looks like an image you are using for your form background.

Title: Re: Transparent Textbox
Post by: Mvlawn on February 21, 2016, 09:31:59 PM

I had a picture box over my form to display that img. "Mostly due to ignorance." I removed that PictureBox, inserted my image on the TabPage properties and all works great. Thanks for helping me!!!