Transparent Form with Opaque Controls

[sathya.cs]

How to increase a forms opacity without increasing the opacity of the controls in the form?

 

[jmcilhinney]

Split from this thread. Please keep each thread to a single topic and each topic to a single thread.

First up, I think you DECREASE the form's opacity, or increase its transparency.

What you're asking for is not possible. You can make parts of the form completely transparent using the TransparencyKey but changing the Opacity of a form affects all child controls the same.