Why is the Visible property not correctly updated in a UserControl?

Question

Sometimes my UserControl\'s Visible property does not get updated correctly. It happens at my app\'s boot time, in OnFontChanged, fired from inside InitializeComponent, prob

Answer 1

Reading the Visible property gives you the actual visibility state of the control, not the 'intended' state. Which will always be false in the InitializeComponent() method, the form or control isn't visible yet until after the Load event runs. It will also be false if the container control isn't visible.

Answer 2

It may still show false if the Form has not loaded. Try setting it in the Form's OnLoad event.