Is there a way to change the colors of multiple VI front panels?

[ltvedt]

Hi,

I am currently creating a LabView program controlling a lot of sensors and actuators. I have based the GUI on a tab-control with different buttons which again opens up different VI front panels in a singel sub panel below. I realy want to have a different color theme on my program than the standard gray LabView theme, but I would like to change the colors for all my VIs in a smooth and quick way. I really would not like to click on all controls, indicators etc. to get new colors, as there are a lot of them! Any ideas out there, if this is possible?

Thanks in advance!

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Lars

[Norbert_B]

Lars,

please note that using the grayscale theme is recommended not only by NI. Using color is very delicate thing since you have to consider:

- readability of text might suffer due to insufficient contrast

- overuse of (signaling) color might distract the user from important settings/information

- color-blind user?

That being said, you can color the frontpanels of the VIs you include in the sub panel dynamically. Please take a look into attached example on how this could be done (LV 2009).

Please note that this is recoloring the frontpanel background only. If you need other elements to recolor as well, this can be done similar but is more effort....

hope this helps,

Norbert

[ltvedt]

Hi Norbert,

thanks for your input. I was just planning on making the GUI a bit lighter and more pleasing, and to fit into the theme of a

previous version of this program (I was not the programmer of the previous one).

I will look into using your suggested method.

Thanks again!

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Lars