Creating control 'Layers' in vb.net

[Alcestis]

Hi...i was wondering if i could have any help or ideas on creating control layers in vb.net. By this i mean being able to set a control as 'Layer3' and that control being above all controls on layers one and two.

Any help would be great!

[Plater]

Last control added will be considered "above"
With that in mind.
You could create a panel, add all controls you want to it, set it's background to invisible, and you could consider that a "layer"

Repeat for as many "layers" as you want, then add them to the Form's controls in the correct order.


Allthough I would say overlapping controls makes for a fairly poor UI, in my opinion.

[Alcestis]

It sounds obvious when you put it like that, thank you!

Don't worry about the UI...the program sort of allows users to make their own UIs for a different program. Layers are needed in case they want to put a label on top of an image and so on.