Creating a custom winform element without a constructor

Question

How to create a custom WinForms control that does not have a GUI application or designer? An example is similar to Timer Control, which you drop on your form, and it docks to the bottom, but does not have any GUI controls?

Answer 1

You need to use System.ComponentModel.Component as a base class .

Example:

 class Class1 : System.ComponentModel.Component { } 

Answer 2

Create a class that inherits from System.Windows.Forms.Control. This should change the icon from the regular class icon to the component icon in Solution Explorer. You can see this effect if you create a class and inherit, for example, TextBox or Timer