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WinForms Z-Order

This is a reminder to myself in the future.  When you need to adjust the z-order of controls on a WinForm, you can use the controls' SendToFront and SendToBack methods.  A better solution is to go to the control's container.  There in the container's Controls property is the SetChildIndex method that can then independently set the z-order of its contained controls.
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Print | posted on Saturday, March 05, 2005 11:50 PM | Filed Under [ Programming ]

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# re: WinForms Z-Order

Actually the methods for refine Z-order called BringToFront() and SendToBack() instead of SendToFront() as you mentioned.
1/17/2006 2:21 AM | Oleg Kleiman
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# re: WinForms Z-Order

Actually the methods for refine Z-order called BringToFront() and SendToBack() instead of SendToFront() as you mentioned.
1/17/2006 2:22 AM | Oleg Kleiman
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# re: WinForms Z-Order

Thanks for that. I forget this every time i go back to winform hacking
4/11/2009 10:24 PM | TrickyMick
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# re: WinForms Z-Order

If adding controls manually be sure to call the BringToFront() AFTER the Controls.Add! Spent (luckily only) 10 minutes figuring this one out.
1/28/2010 7:49 AM | Matt
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# re: WinForms Z-Order

I actually have another question. I have a Panel with a opaque background image and a mouse event for the Panel handles adding a Panel with a background image that is partially transparent. Each time I call the Controls.Add I call the BringToFront() and then the Panel is displayed. I would expect each new Panel to sit on top of the last, but they're actually showing up behind the first new Panel. Any ideas there?
1/28/2010 8:46 AM | Matt
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