Making the background transparent but not the text box and etc.

Question

I want to make the form background transparent. But not other elements. How do I do that.

Answer 1

Try setting the form's TransparencyKey equal to the form's color.

There's a good tutorial here, detailing how to make a transparent splash screen.

Answer 2

Try setting the transparency key equal to the background color. For example:

        this.TransparencyKey = Color.Black;
        this.BackColor = Color.Black;