Make form invisible

Question

I know this question seems very simple but its not working for me, i think i changed a property by accident so the form wont go invisible.

on load, i have :

this.Visible = false;
this.ShowInTaskbar = false;
this.ShowIcon = false;

it doesnt show in taskbar or the icon but for some reason its still visible like in the image below

i know thats the form because i changed the color to red and it turned red

why you are using a form when you are going to hide it? perhaps this link will help: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/70272/single-form-hide-on-startup — RomCoo, Jul 06 '16 at 18:47
Do you mean at __runtime__ or in the __desigener__??. For the first: your code is fine, for the second: neither possible nor reasonable! — TaW, Jul 06 '16 at 18:47
The Load event fires *because* you made it visible. Usually by calling Show(). You can't undo what was done. Don't call Show(). — Hans Passant, Jul 06 '16 at 18:49
Why are you calling `Show()` on a form you dont want to show? — Ňɏssa Pøngjǣrdenlarp, Jul 06 '16 at 18:50

Raktim Biswas · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-26T21:32:50.213

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This is what you can do:

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    this.Opacity = 0; //Add this line.
    this.Visible = false;
    this.ShowInTaskbar = false;
    this.ShowIcon = false;
}

edited Sep 26 '16 at 21:32

answered Jul 06 '16 at 18:48

Raktim Biswas

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that worked, im still curious as to what i did that was making it show as this.visible should of worked – Jason Jul 06 '16 at 18:50
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Visible won't do anything in the Loaded event. – Kinetic Jul 06 '16 at 18:50
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This answer will make the form invisible rather than hidden. If that's what you wanted, it's a nice answer. – Kinetic Jul 06 '16 at 18:51
@Will easy, `Load` event will get called when the form is shown (and it'll be shown only -after- executing the `Load` event handlers). Personally, I prefer minimizing the window (and not show in taskbar) or just don't `Show` it for a start, rather than set the opacity at 0, but your choice. – Jcl Jul 06 '16 at 18:51
@KiNeTiC the OP wants the Form to be Invisible :) – Raktim Biswas Jul 06 '16 at 18:52
Your code make the form transparent, but it will still be visible (the Visible property will be true). – Kinetic Jul 06 '16 at 18:54
@KiNeTiC sure...I'll better remove that comment and set the visibility to false `this.Visible = false;` :) – Raktim Biswas Jul 06 '16 at 18:56

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 06 '16 at 18:46

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If you're trying to hide the form, you can use :

this.Hide();

answered Jul 06 '16 at 18:46

Kinetic

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just added that to the form load, the form is still visable – Jason Jul 06 '16 at 18:47
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Move it to the Shown event. You can't expect to hide a form that has yet to be displayed. – Kinetic Jul 06 '16 at 18:48

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