How to set text to be transparent to clicks?

[Justin_Reina]

Originating Need

I have the desire to have an LED-button on the Front Panel (FP) which is used as a Button. I would like to add white-text over the top of it as a label (e.g. 'Skip' or 'Run')

Current Issue

When a text Label is added on the FP over the top of the LED ('Reorder->Move To Front') you can't click on the LED through the text 😞

Question

Is there a way to make the full region of the LED clickable here, specifically the region behind the white-text label?

If there is, that would be sooooo rad 😉

-Justin

[James.M]

You can have Boolean Text shown. Right-click the LED and go to Visible Items > Boolean Text

FYI, careful with having your email address in your signature. There are bots that scour forums like this for email addresses to sell.

[apok]

you can programically change "text" and "color" or make it "transparent" with property node

[James.M · Accepted solution]

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apok wrote:

you can programically change "text" and "color" or make it "transparent" with property node

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I think OP didn't know that boolean text was an option. He was having problems with a text label he made separately and put over the button and it blocked clicking.

In the below FP boolean, I can click the "OFF" just fine to control the button, but the other text blocks:

[Justin_Reina]

Hi James  & apok,

 Thank you!!! I compiled your responses into a tabbed example VI, for others who may someday stumble upon this now silly question.

Thanks!

*I couldn't attach the VI for some reason... it was rejected on 'file-format'. So I just zipped it up and it magically posted 😉