I just started using the Designer in Visual Studio and have one
problem.  I created a couple panels and added a few controls to each.
Each panel covers the entire screen and is intended to be shown and
hidden as necessary.  Actually, the code works fine.  But the problem
is that I expect to be able in the designer to move a panel to the
front or back and have all its controls go with it.  Instead, the
panel goes to the back but the controls stay in front and make a huge
mess on top of the panel that I want to work on.  So, this must be a
brainless newbie mistake because it is clearly necessary to be able to
do this, but it is not clear to me how.

On Jul 14, 2:55 pm, silverfox  wrote:

> I just started using the Designer in Visual Studio and have one
> problem.  I created a couple panels and added a few controls to each.
> Each panel covers the entire screen and is intended to be shown and
> hidden as necessary.  Actually, the code works fine.  But the problem
> is that I expect to be able in the designer to move a panel to the
> front or back and have all its controls go with it.  Instead, the
> panel goes to the back but the controls stay in front and make a huge
> mess on top of the panel that I want to work on.  So, this must be a
> brainless newbie mistake because it is clearly necessary to be able to
> do this, but it is not clear to me how.


I figured it out.  I had to create another panel and move the controls
that I had on the naked form onto the new panel.