How to scale front panel graphics proportionally (e.g. preserve aspect ratio)?

[TheWaterbug]

Basic question, but I've found nothing in this forum or in Help that seems to match--I imported and pasted a graphic (my company logo) onto the front panel of my VI, but I can't figure out how to resize it while constraining the aspect ratio (e.g. resizing it proportionally).

I'm not asking to do it programmatically; I'm asking simply about resizing it to fit the rest of the front panel's design. 

If I grab the handles the drag, it allows arbitrary resizing on both axes. If I hold down Shift it constrains it to resizing one axis only. I've tried every combination of modifier keys, on both OS X and on Windows, and I can't seem to constrain the aspect ratio.

I can try to eyeball it, but my eyeballs are terrible at things like this, and if the graphic isn't scaled strictly proportionally it looks horrible.

[Ben]

While it has not always been available (not in old LV versions) but Stephen did add....

Resize Objects >>> Set Width & Height

It is a pop-up window that lets you key in the exact height and width.

"Resize Objects" is one of the button next the distribute and align buttons.

Ben

[TheWaterbug]

Thanks! I hadn't seen that before.

But there's still no checkbox for Constrain Aspect Ratio, like I see for nearly all other applications that allow image re-sizing. I suppose I can write down the H/W before resizing, close the dialog, drag to resize the width, then re-open the dialog, look at the new width, calculate the appropriate height, and type that in. 

But it sure would be nice to have a checkbox and a modifier key for drag-resizing. What's the best method for submitting feature requests to NI? 

[Ben]

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@TheWaterbug wrote:

Thanks! I hadn't seen that before.

But there's still no checkbox for Constrain Aspect Ratio, like I see for nearly all other applications that allow image re-sizing. I suppose I can write down the H/W before resizing, close the dialog, drag to resize the width, then re-open the dialog, look at the new width, calculate the appropriate height, and type that in. 

But it sure would be nice to have a checkbox and a modifier key for drag-resizing. What's the best method for submitting feature requests to NI? 

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My wife has an expression that she adapted after hearing me once...

"Stand Back! He is going to do MATH!"

Submit your idea to the idea exchange.

https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/idb-p/labviewideas

If you get enough votes, they will consider it and you may get your name mentioned in the release notes.

But you will have to make a good enough case to get those votes. So go sell it!

Ben

[TheWaterbug]

Submitted!

https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Constrain-graphic-s-aspect-ratio-when-re-sizing/idi-p...

[TheWaterbug]

As it turns out, it's already a feature, but it's buggy. See the link above.