Controls in container form come over child form?

Question

In a container form I have menu and buttons to open ther forms.

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Answer 1

@Hans Passant has the correct answer, but you could also solve your issue by not using MDI forms at all. Some options:

• Use separate forms: have a menu form, typically large/maximized, and launch child forms in front of it by setting their Parent property to the menu form, or
• Use a single form, but with a docking library (I've used DockPanel Suite in the past). This is essentially a re-implementation of MDI forms, with extra features. This is a bit of work to get running, but it can let you build some nice UIs.

Both of these would require significant changes to your UI code, though.