I would like to swith my form background transparency with Visual C# in a Windows Forms Application.
I used
BackColor = Color.White;
TransparencyKey = Color.White;
Now I want to switch back to "not transparent". How can I accomplish that? Just switching the BackColor makes the elements on the form look strange and it feels ugly.
I guess there is a way to reset the property.
How about storing the previous values of BackColor and TransparencyKey in local variables, and restoring them when you want to revert to non-transparent? For instance:
private Color _oldBG;
private Color _oldTPKey;
private void MakeTransparent() {
_oldBG = BackColor;
_oldTPKey = TransparencyKey;
BackColor = Color.White;
TransparencyKey = Color.White;
}
private void MakeNonTransparent() {
BackColor = _oldBG;
TransparencyKey = _oldTPKey;
}
this is the original value:
this.TransparencyKey = Color.Empty;
You could set this, and then nothing will be transparent.