Im creating a userControl called MainControl, which has a header panel used just to display images and text, and a button panel where i add other controls.

Part of the solution is to give the UserControl another designer:

[DesignerAttribute(typeof(ParentControlDesigner), typeof(IDesigner))]
public partial class UserControl1 : UserControl {
//...
}

That allows you to do drop controls on it. Doing this for the nested Panel is however a long shot. Maybe you don't really need it? You can display images and draw text directly on the UserControl surface too.

Not a BCL q, moved to Windows Forms Designer.

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Hans Passant.

Part of the solution is to give the UserControl another designer:

[DesignerAttribute(typeof(ParentControlDesigner), typeof(IDesigner))]
public partial class UserControl1 : UserControl {
//...
}

That allows you to do drop controls on it. Doing this for the nested Panel is however a long shot. Maybe you don't really need it? You can display images and draw text directly on the UserControl surface too.

Not a BCL q, moved to Windows Forms Designer.

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Hans Passant.