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Edmo Cavalcante
Edmo Cavalcante

Reputation: 31

How to make a Label with Transparent BackColor in VB.NET? The text overlaps with something else

When I use LabelAngle(i).BackColor = Color.Transparent something else show up.

![LabelAngle(i).BackColor = Color.Transparent][1]

                LabelAngle(i) = New Label
                LabelAngle(i).Parent = canvas
                LabelAngle(i).AutoSize = True
                LabelAngle(i).ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.DodgerBlue
                LabelAngle(i).Location = New System.Drawing.Point(Xstart(i) - 30, ReferenceY - BarHeight)
                LabelAngleValue(i) = 180 - randAngle(i)
                LabelAngle(i).Text = LabelAngleValue(i).ToString + "°"
                LabelAngle(i).TextAlign = ContentAlignment.BottomLeft
                LabelAngle(i).BackColor = Color.Transparent
                LabelAngle(i).BringToFront()

Upvotes: 3

Views: 55627

Answers (4)

Luke Krell
Luke Krell

Reputation: 33

As several people have noted on here, transparency is relative to the parent object; meaning that instead of truly becoming transparent, your object's backcolor will be set to match its parent object.

Another important thing to note, when you change a parent relationship, the child's location becomes based upon the location of the parent. This was a problem I was having for sometime. When I tried to change the parent of my object, my object kept disappearing, until I realized that it was really being moved off screen because its location was based upon the parent and I was setting it based upon the form.

Upvotes: 0

Almeiddaa
Almeiddaa

Reputation: 1

Double click in your Form and type this (this worked for me): Ex:

Private Sub formName_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    labelName.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Transparent
End Sub

Upvotes: 0

betrice mpalanzi
betrice mpalanzi

Reputation: 1117

Just type the colour code 16777215 into the BackColour property

Upvotes: 5

Creator
Creator

Reputation: 1512

To make a label transparent you need to set the forms transparencykey to lets say maroon "or a color you never will use".

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Then if you set the label Backcolor to Maroon it will be transparent.

"But it will never show the control under it"

Upvotes: 3

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