Indicators show thru to front page of tab control.

[Tomcat]

I have a tab control with boolean indicators on the second and third pages. When the indicators are activated (mine blink when certain tests are selected), they show on the front panel. I have tried to "move to front" the tab control but that didn't work. The property node for the tab control doesn't seem to have anything to help either. Any ideas?

[Gorka Larrea]

Use the property node of the tab control to know which tab is selected, and using some logic, disable blinking when activepage is not the page in which blinking controls/indicators are. If i'm not wrong, this is a known problem, and this workaround should fix it until a new upgrade comes.
Good luck

[mistercat]

Which property node of the tab control?  

If I try to use "Value" and create an indicator, I get the whole tab control reproduced.  Which property node indicates the enum or integer value of the currently selected tab of the Tab Control?

[nathand]

You replied to a thread that last had a post 12 years earlier, and it's not clear what you're asking. What are you trying to do? The value property indicates the currently-active tab. If you create a control from the value property, you'll get a new tab. If you instead create a constant from the property, you'll get an enumeration on the block diagram. You can then right-click to change that constant to an indicator, and you'll get an enumeration on the front panel.

[mistercat]

Seems rather roundabout but that's what I was looking for.

Thanks.

[mistercat]

I did create the indicator as you described and placed it inside a loop.  There are operations inside the loop which occasionally change the selected tab.  The loop updates every 100 ms.

Unfortunately, the indicator does not change when the selected tab changes.

[nathand]

Can you post your code?

I can't understand why you'd need a value property node at all in this situation. Whatever wire carries the new value of the tab (when the tab changes) should also branch to your enumerated indicator.

[JÞB]

I believe this is a known issue with blinking objects on hidden tab panes, for some versions of LabVIEW (Did I mention I Hate Tabs) If you want a thing to blink- blink the thing,  If you do not want it to blink when it is not visable Set both properties at the same time and do not rely on a tab container to do it for you.

[mistercat]

I found a straightforward solution here:  http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Determine-if-Tab-is-active/td-p/1841435

which does change as the tabs change.

The blinking question was asked, as noted, 12 years ago.  I apologize for the confusion caused by changing the question.

I consider my question solved.

Thanks to those who responded.