VB.NET Label in front of or in multiple GroupBoxes

Question

This is in VB.NET 2003

I have a Form with a few GroupBoxes overlaying one another and being shown based on what the form's supposed to be showing at the moment.

What I want is to have a text object (label, textbox, whatever) be shown regardless of which GroupBox is visible at the moment. Labels that are not inside the GroupBox itself show up under it and are not visible (bringing to front doesn't help), similar issues with TextBoxes, Panels.. I don't know what else to use.

Am I missing something, is there another way of showing text that overlays GroupBoxes without being in them?

Are you talking about Opacity? – apollosoftware.org Sep 12 '11 at 19:40 — apollosoftware.org, Sep 12 '11 at 19:40

apollosoftware.org · Answer 1 · 2011-09-12T19:51:30.870

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You can always draw on the form, and specify the coordinates. However this is not done by the label but by GDI+ I believe:

 Dim g As Graphics
 g = CreateGraphics()
 g.DrawString("My text", font, Brushes.White, 100, 30)
 g.Dispose()

edited Sep 12 '11 at 19:51

answered Sep 12 '11 at 19:42

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But if I draw on the form, won't whatever I draw appear below the GroupBox and would not be visible under it? – Val Schuman Sep 12 '11 at 19:43
Not sure. let me try it real quick and i'll tell you. – apollosoftware.org Sep 12 '11 at 19:46
yep you can. read: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/282838/drawing-on-top-of-controls-inside-a-panel-c-winforms – apollosoftware.org Sep 12 '11 at 19:59
evidently you can even draw lines and shapes and stuff. – apollosoftware.org Sep 12 '11 at 20:00

Jay Riggs · Answer 2 · 2011-09-12T19:51:18.440

You can do this if you make sure your 'text objects' are not contained in any of your GroupBoxes but are still positioned above them so it looks like they are.

There are a couple ways to do this. You can position your objects outside all GroupBoxes, select them and use the arrow keys to move them over your GroupBoxes.

You can also manually set the Location properties of your objects so they end up over the GroupBoxes.

Regardless of how you do this however, make sure you 'Bring to Front' your text objects so they always appear above the GroupBoxes.

VB.NET Label in front of or in multiple GroupBoxes

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