Reasons for why a WinForms label does not want to be transparent?

Question

Why can\'t I set the BackColor of a Label to Transparent? I have done it before, but now it just don\'t want to...

I created a new UserControl, added a progressbar a

Answer 1

as to an explanation for your problem, windows doesn't do transparency for background controls like you'd expect-i'm guessing the gray background is actually the form's surface. whatever controls are drawn between the form surface and your label are ignored.