How do I enable double-buffering of a control using C# (Windows forms)?

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I have a panel control which I am drawing stuff into and also an owner-drawn tab control. Both suffer from flicker, so how can I enable double-buffering?

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 20 '08 at 22:28

In the constructor of your control, set the DoubleBuffered property, and/or ControlStyle appropriately.

For example, I have a simple DoubleBufferedPanel whose constructor is the following:

this.DoubleBuffered = true;
this.SetStyle(ControlStyles.UserPaint | 
              ControlStyles.AllPaintingInWmPaint |
              ControlStyles.ResizeRedraw |
              ControlStyles.ContainerControl |
              ControlStyles.OptimizedDoubleBuffer |
              ControlStyles.SupportsTransparentBackColor
              , true);

simply doing the this.DoubleBuffered = true; is generally enough, good answer though :) — Tom Anderson, Oct 22 '08 at 02:21

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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some info here:

How to double buffer .NET controls on a form?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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answered Oct 20 '08 at 21:59

Gulzar Nazim

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score -2 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 21 '08 at 09:17

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Use the DoubleBuffered property, inherited from the System.Windows.Forms.Control.

System.Windows.Forms.Form myForm = new System.Windows.forms.Form();
myForm.DoubleBuffered = true;

answered Oct 21 '08 at 09:17

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Your code doesn't compile, the DoubleBuffered property is protected. The op has probably checked the public properties before putting the question. – Szabolcs Antal Jul 27 '17 at 14:46

How do I enable double-buffering of a control using C# (Windows forms)?

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