title: Unable to select a specific control in Windows Forms
body: <p>I'm working in a legacy software. It was written probably 10+ years ago and never ported to newer technology or never redesigned. It is a Windows Forms desktop software on .NET 3.5.</p>
  
  <p>I'm trying to redesign a particular window of the software. The window consists of many controls and most of them are hidden when the window is launched. Only after certain user interaction reveals certain controls.</p>
  
  <p>There is a particular control which I cannot select by clicking on it in the Designer window. When I select all controls by Ctrl+A, that control is selected. The control is shown below:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/gtOI2.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/gtOI2.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>It has no text. The text is populated later.</p>
  
  <p>When no control is selected, clicking on the bounding rectangle of the control has no effect. It selects the parent panel. I tried sending the parent panel to back, but still I cannot select this control.</p>
  
  <p>So how to select this control in the Designer view?</p>