Changing the appeareance of a control

[Robst]

Hello:

I want to know if there's a way to change the appearence of a control (i.e. a button) when the mouse is over it. For example, I'd like a button to have one color whlie the mouse cursor is over it, and other otherwise. I guess that this functionality can be done using Event Structures and Property Nodes but I'd like to know if there's a better way to do it.

Thanks in advance!

[Darren]

The only way to do it with native LabVIEW controls is to configure Mouse Enter/Mouse Leave events for the controls and use property nodes to alter the appearance.  You could implement this as an XControl in LabVIEW 8.0, but you would be effectively writing the same code (it would just be "internal" to the control instead of being present in your application code).  If you're looking for another way, I've seen .NET controls that change appearance when you hover over them with the mouse.  For example, there's a .NET slider control you can put on your front panel, and the color of the needle on the slider changes when you mouse over it.

-D

[NIquist]

Here's a neat little example.  I don't remember where I got it so I take no credit (or criticism).

K