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  • Paul Aspinall
    #1

    Display order.....

    This is probably a simple one to answer, but I can't seem to find it....

    When in VS designer, I have some components in a panel, which is docked to
    FILL.....

    Sometimes when I drop a component on the form, it ends up 'behind' the
    panel, and therefore can't be seen, despite it existing....

    My question is:
    - How can I move this to the front, and therefore make it visible, without
    moving the panel, and cutting and pasting it back over the top..

    Thanks


    Paul


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    • Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]
      #2
      Re: Display order.....

      The context menu of a control in the designer has "Bring to Front" and "Send
      to Back" menu entries, if you refer to that...

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      "Paul Aspinall" <paul@aspy.co.u k> escribió en el mensaje
      news:2yrLd.2049 4$n9.9520@fe3.n ews.blueyonder. co.uk...[color=blue]
      > This is probably a simple one to answer, but I can't seem to find it....
      >
      > When in VS designer, I have some components in a panel, which is docked to
      > FILL.....
      >
      > Sometimes when I drop a component on the form, it ends up 'behind' the
      > panel, and therefore can't be seen, despite it existing....
      >
      > My question is:
      > - How can I move this to the front, and therefore make it visible, without
      > moving the panel, and cutting and pasting it back over the top..
      >
      > Thanks
      >
      >
      > Paul
      >[/color]


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        • Rachel Suddeth
          #3
          Re: Display order.....

          At the top of the properties window (property manager window?) you will see
          the name of the currently selected control/component in a combobox. You can
          select any control on the form (by name) from that combo. Once you do that,
          the control will be selected in the designer and you can do whatever you
          want with it.

          You don't want to cut and paste things in the designer if they have any
          events attached to them via the designer (that is, in the
          InitializeCompo nent method) because it will come back with events detached.
          I think sometimes if properties are defined in complicated ways, you lose
          those settings, too.

          -Rachel

          "Paul Aspinall" <paul@aspy.co.u k> wrote in message
          news:2yrLd.2049 4$n9.9520@fe3.n ews.blueyonder. co.uk...[color=blue]
          > This is probably a simple one to answer, but I can't seem to find it....
          >
          > When in VS designer, I have some components in a panel, which is docked to
          > FILL.....
          >
          > Sometimes when I drop a component on the form, it ends up 'behind' the
          > panel, and therefore can't be seen, despite it existing....
          >
          > My question is:
          > - How can I move this to the front, and therefore make it visible, without
          > moving the panel, and cutting and pasting it back over the top..
          >
          > Thanks
          >
          >
          > Paul
          >[/color]


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