How to change the enum scroll bar width?

[Anne Zuo]

Hi All,

I have an enum control on user interface, and I want to make it's scroll bar width wider so that it will work better with touch screen.  

Any idea? How to?

Thanks a lot for any help.

Anne

[smercurio_fc]

Are you referring to the increment/decrement controls? I'm not aware of a scroll bar for enums. If so, you can simply customize the control. Right-click on the control and select Advanced -> Customize... You can then resize any part of the control. See the LabVIEW Help for how to use the Control Editor.

[Mythilt]

I think he might be refering to the system style enum with the drop down menu button [v] on the side.  As far as I can tell, that button can not be resized in the customize window.

[smercurio_fc]

Ah, that one. I don't usually have enough items in my enums that scroll bars show up in the list in the first place. I did a quick test, and I had to get 29 items into the enum before the scroll bar showed up.

In this case would a ListBox work for you? You can customize the width of the scroll bar for that (assuming you're using the LabVIEW native ListBox, and not the "System" style ListBox). Alternatively, you can probably create an XControl that would be a composite of a dropdown and a listbox. When the user clicks on the dropdown the listbox gets displayed. XControls are not that easy to program, however.  My memory may be incorrect, but I thought somebody was fiddling with an XControl similar to this at one point.

[Anne Zuo]

My application is with touch screen, so the font size is big,  and the scroll bar shows with 10 items.  The boss doesn't like ListBox.  🙂  I will try the Xcontrol.

Thanks.

Anne