U-shaped pointer slide indicator

[Moobe]

Hi there, I was wondering if it is possible to create a custom pointer slide indicator having a U-shape, going from -100 to 100.

I am not able to do it from the "Advanced<Customize..."

Any help would be much apreciated.

Moe

[_Ian_]

The Advanced, Customize option should let you do what you want.

Try these steps...

1) Create an image of your 'U-shape'. PNG format seems best. Powerpoint can be handy for this.

2) Drop a slide control onto your front panel

3) Go to Advanced, Customize.

4) Click the spanner icon at the top left so that it turns into a pair of tweezers.

5) Click the slider so that it is selected

6) Right mouse click on the slider and 'Import from file...' or 'Import from file at same size'

7) Select your U shape image

😎 Sit back and bask in the glory of your custom control

See attached for example.

[DaHelmut]

Nice one...

[Ben]

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@helmut O'Brian wrote:

Nice one...

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Well if you liked that one, see Yair's Nugget on customizing controls here.

He showed us this

Which inspired this boolean

and latter this crazy form of a tab control.

Ben

[Moobe]

@_Ian_ wrote:

The Advanced, Customize option should let you do what you want.

Try these steps...

1) Create an image of your 'U-shape'. PNG format seems best. Powerpoint can be handy for this.

2) Drop a slide control onto your front panel

3) Go to Advanced, Customize.

4) Click the spanner icon at the top left so that it turns into a pair of tweezers.

5) Click the slider so that it is selected

6) Right mouse click on the slider and 'Import from file...' or 'Import from file at same size'

7) Select your U shape image

😎 Sit back and bask in the glory of your custom control

See attached for example.

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thanks Ian,

but actually what I want is a U-shaped "scale" not the pointer itself. Is it possible?

[Ben]

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@Moobe wrote:

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but actually what I want is a U-shaped "scale" not the pointer itself. Is it possible?

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Please post a mocked up image so we can see what you are thinking about.

Will the scale range ever change?

Ben

[Moobe]

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@Ben wrote:

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@Moobe wrote:

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but actually what I want is a U-shaped "scale" not the pointer itself. Is it possible?

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Please post a mocked up image so we can see what you are thinking about.

Will the scale range ever change?

Ben

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Hey Ben,

Here what I was thinking of, with a fixed scale (-100 -> 100) and different colors for different ranges. And the black dot is the slider.

Thank you

[Ben]

Turn a guage upside down (adjust the scale start stop angle) and replace the needle with a dot.

Ben

[_Ian_]

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@Ben wrote:

Turn a guage upside down (adjust the scale start stop angle) and replace the needle with a dot.

Ben

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... or use a knob and rotate the numeric display a bit. This still ends up as a circle rather than a U, but you could get creative with customisation and pop some graphics over the top to hide the upper part of the knob. Careful use of transparency in the blocking graphics could make it look reasonably effective.

EDIT: Apologies Ben, I just realised that I've said effectively the same thing as you! Doh.

In case anyone is wondering how to adjust the start/stop angle (I only just discovered this), put your mouse over the little line/tick marks on the first and last digits of the control. You get a little curved arrow icon which allows you to rotate and respace the numbers around the dial.

See attached.

Ian

[JackDunaway]