move controls fluently at runtime

Question

how can I do that?

I want to move a panel out of my window.
I tried it with a timer and the following

groupBoxMenge.Location = new Point(groupBoxMenge.Location.X, groupBoxMenge.Location.Y + 10);

that works but it isn't fluently. Actually it looks really awful... it is flickering..

Can anybody help me?

thx a lot

Michael · Answer

If you left-click an the frame on top you can drag the window around fluently. Do you know how this is done? Hiding it an showing it again after every move doesn't help. And I don't know what you mean with the Z-Order...

Robert Rybczynski · Answer

You could try moving it in z instead of xy (panel.SendToBack()). That approach might require that you stack a blank panel of the same size below the one you are trying to hide. Alternatively you could simply hide the panel (panel.Visible = false). Rob