UserControl designer bug ?

Hello, I got an issue with a UserControl i created. It's easy to reproduce : - Make a new UserControl - Graphically drop a textBox and a Button inside of it. - Save, Compile - Make a new application - Drop one of those newly created UserControls on an empty form - Click on it : It will get selected whatever inner control you click on (either textBox, button or blank space in-between). - drop a Panel on the form anywhere. - drag and drop your UserControl inside the Panel (so its Parent changes ) - Click on the Form to De-Select the UserControl - Click on the UserControl again to Select it : * If you click on the blank space between button and textbox, it will get selected allright * If you click on textbox or button, they will act as if in run-time, and UserControl won't get selected (or at least won't show the selection grips). - Now re-build your project, everything will go back to normal again. This will work with any control. They will act as if in run-time after parent of the UserControl changes. Is there any workaround, please ? Etienne.

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lodulac22y ago
Finally found a workaroud which worked for me : Override OnParentChanged and remove every child control before adding them again. You can limit this behavior to design mode. There's probably a better way to do this, but i have no time to look for one. Please keep me informed if you find something better. Etienne.