topic Re: Colorful Decorations in LabVIEW

Colorful Decorations

the_intern — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:57:44 GMT

How can I draw colorful edges on decorations that are placed on the front panel. In the attached vi, look on the front panel and you will know what I am talking about.

Re: Colorful Decorations

altenbach — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:01:11 GMT

When selecting the color, hit the space bar to switch between bordor color, fill color and both.

Check the online help.

Re: Colorful Decorations

PhillipBrooks — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:05:29 GMT

Look in the Decorations palette. Use the flat box, set the foreground color for the border.

Re: Colorful Decorations

the_intern — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:16:51 GMT

I can find anything related to changing the color still. I find the flat boz in the decorations palette but nothing fro the color. Also, I was trying selecting the flat box and putting it on the front panel and clicking the right click, but all it says is ORIGINAL SIZE or SCALE OBJECT WITH PANE.

Re: Colorful Decorations

Matthew_Kelton — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:21:35 GMT

You need to change to the paint brush tool first.

Re: Colorful Decorations

the_intern — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:39:24 GMT

Now, I am able to paint the flat box but still not the edges of the box. Is there anything else I am missing?

Re: Colorful Decorations

Matthew_Kelton — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:43:46 GMT

That's where you need ot follow altenbach's advice. If you use the spacebar in the color picker pop-up window, you can paint the foreground color, backgroung color, or both. You can also use "f" to select foreground and "b" for background. The trim is the foreground color.

Re: Colorful Decorations

the_intern — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:45:50 GMT

Thanks, I got it.