The ideal way to set the default size for your custom controls is to override the readonly DefaultSize property of the Control class and not set it in your derived control’s constructor. The said method is queried once the control is properly instantiated before setting any of its non-default properties...

Finally, my posts in the Windows Forms forums are now unmoderated after 70+ posts. I even have the opportunity to edit my posts thanks to the moderators. Response time for the said forum is pretty slow because of the moderated messages and it usually takes a day for me to get a reply to a problem since...