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The semi-transparent portions of the anycodings_winforms image are then merged with the Form's anycodings_winforms BackgroundColor when they should merge with anycodings_winforms whatever colors are behind the form. Since the icons are picking up anycodings_winforms the Form's BackgroundColor, this makes me anycodings_winforms think that the PictureBoxes are creating new anycodings_winforms images when the icons are loaded into the anycodings_winforms form. The icons have anycodings_winforms transparency along the edges for a smoother anycodings_winforms appearance. I noticed that some of the anycodings_winforms Form.BackgroundColor would be mixed in with anycodings_winforms the outlines of my icons. If used, the PictureBox anycodings_winforms was sized to cover the entire Form and sent anycodings_winforms to the back. anycodings_winforms This Bitmap was then placed as the anycodings_winforms Form.BackgroundImage or as a anycodings_winforms PictureBox.Image. I drew the gradient with a anycodings_winforms Drawing2D.LinearGradientBrush into a Bitmap. I played around anycodings_winforms with a few anycodings_winforms combinations. I tried anycodings_winforms setting the BackColor to Color.Transparent, anycodings_winforms but that gives an error. Since I want the icons to be fully anycodings_winforms opaque, I left this property alone. Form.Opacity anycodings_winforms affected the transparency of everything on anycodings_winforms the form.

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Once I finished the code for all the anycodings_winforms structural logic of my menu, I started anycodings_winforms playing around with it to try to get the anycodings_winforms visual effect I wanted. I anycodings_winforms decided I'd use PictureBoxes for the icons, anycodings_winforms since they can hold images and receive anycodings_winforms events. anycodings_winforms I considered a few options for the icons.

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I'm not quite sure anycodings_winforms how to create my own click events, so a form anycodings_winforms would make working with events a tad easier. I have a basic anycodings_winforms understanding of events. Using a Form to act as the menu seemed like anycodings_winforms a logical first choice to me. The anycodings_winforms menu is transparent, but the icons remain anycodings_winforms opaque.

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The image anycodings_winforms shows Notepad++ behind the skin with a few anycodings_winforms of the skin's files open in the editor. This was a skin I made anycodings_winforms for a program called Rainmeter. This image shows the visual effects I'm anycodings_winforms trying to achieve. This is the effect I'm shooting anycodings_winforms for:

The Menu and Icons should be able to receive mouse-related events (hover, leave, click, dragover, dragdrop, and a few others).

Display icons that contain transparent backgrounds.

Allow the form/menu to have transparency while keeping icons opaque.

Display a form/menu with a gradient background.

There are a few things I want to be able to anycodings_winforms do in this application: Net anycodings_winforms framework capabilities as possible. For now I just want to get anycodings_winforms something working using as much C# and.

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After seeing what the Mac dock and a anycodings_winforms few third-party Windows implementations had anycodings_winforms to offer, I decided I wanted to build my anycodings_winforms own.Įventually I want to move on to using the anycodings_winforms Win32 API. Lately I've been trying to customize my anycodings_winforms desktop and decided to mess with Application anycodings_winforms Docks.

I've anycodings_winforms messed with Control.Region, anycodings_winforms Form.TransparencyKey, Form.Opacity, and a anycodings_winforms couple other random things with some funky anycodings_winforms effects. I've been going at this for several hours anycodings_winforms now, and I haven't had much luck.

You can anycodings_winforms see the fuchsia around various parts of the anycodings_winforms icon in the above image. anycodings_winforms However, I'm still running into the problem anycodings_winforms with the transparent colors in my icon anycodings_winforms blending with the form's BackColor. Passant's solution does solve the issue of anycodings_winforms the transparent background gradient. I got a new anycodings_winforms result using Hans Passant's anycodings_winforms solution: I started anycodings_winforms messing with it again tonight. UPDATE: I took a break from messing with the anycodings_winforms transparency stuff for a few days.