This is hard for me to explain without showing you the screen, so, 7 steps to frustration.

1 - Create a new class, inherits from Button.
2 - In the constructor, Font = new Font( "Verdana", 8 );
3 - Add this control to your form by dragging it off the Toolbox.
4 - Compile, run, be happy.
5 - Go change the font, Font = new Font( "Verdana", 6 );
6 - Compile, run, you'll still see size 8 font.
7 - Check out the InitializeComponents, see it there?

Recompiling will not re-run the constructor in such a way as to overwrite the values stored in the form's InitializeComponents. The constructor is run initially to set the properties as intended in the class but apparently never run afterwords.

I know someone else out there has run into this before. Is there anyway to force forms to re-evaluate the settings applied to custom controls once they're added to the form?

I understand the reasoning behind doing it this way. But this means that if I want my core settings to be updated for the control I've now added to the form, I'm going to have to right click -> reset every one of them - or delete the control completely. There's no way everyone does it like that.

Thanks for any help you can provide.