Hide form instead of closing when close button clicked

Question

When a user clicks the X button on a form, how can I hide it instead of closing it?

I have tried this.hide() in FormClosing but

Answer 1

If you want to use the show/hide method I've actually done this myself for a menu structure a game I've recently done... This is how I did it:

Create yourself a button and for what you'd like to do, for example a 'Next' button and match the following code to your program. For a next button in this example the code would be:

btnNext.Enabled = true; //This enabled the button obviously
this.Hide(); //Here is where the hiding of the form will happen when the button is clicked
Form newForm = new newForm(); //This creates a new instance object for the new form
CurrentForm.Hide(); //This hides the current form where you placed the button.

Here is a snippet of the code I used in my game to help you understand what I'm trying to explain:

    private void btnInst_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) 
    {
        btnInst.Enabled = true; //Enables the button to work
        this.Hide(); // Hides the current form
        Form Instructions = new Instructions(); //Instantiates a new instance form object 
        Instructions.Show(); //Shows the instance form created above
    }

So there is a show/hide method few lines of code, rather than doing a massive piece of code for such a simple task. I hope this helps to solve your problem.