Cannot select text of TextBox control with mouse

Question

I want to embed a Form within another Form . Here is what I have tried:

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Form2 form = new Form2();  
    form.TopLevel = false;  
    panel1.Controls.Add(form);  
    form.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;  
    form.Show();  
}

Form1 is the parent form. Form2 is the child form, which has a TextBox control.

The problem: After embedding the child form, the TextBox in the child form cannot be selected with the mouse.

Can anyone help?

Answer 1

I Googled the problem. From my research I concluded that it's not a good idea to embed a Form within a Panel . I took another approach and have now made the child Form as an MDI child.

Answer 2

You need to setup the parent of the Form before calling .Show()

form.Parent = this;