How to get the “real” value of the Visible property?

Question

If you set the Visible property of a Windows Forms control to true, that property still returns false if any of the control\'s parent windows are hidden. Is there a way to g

Answer 1

I have same issue with classes derived from 'ToolStripItem' base class. so I used Available property value to check if item will be displayed or not. problem solved. Sample:

ToolStripItem curItm = menuStrip1.Items[i] as ToolStripItem;
if(curItm is ToolStripItem && curItm.Available) DoAnyThing();

In this sample 'curItm' is an instance of of ToolStripItem derived class.

This problem with Visible/Enabled properties in .Net controls that depend on parent container's Visible/Enabled must be solved by .Net team. I create a costume property named IsVisible/IsEnabled in my own classes that return assigned value for Visible/Enabled properties and not the value that depend on parent container.