change radio button size

[jspaarg]

I have seen a few posts with this topic, but I still am unsure of the answer.

Using LV 7.1, is it possible to change the size of the radio button itself (not the text or the button cluster), but the actual round button.

Any insight is greatly appreciated.

Apologies for the duplicate post in LabWindows/CVI, somehow I got there accidentally.

[tbob]

Yes you can edit the size.  It isn't user friendly.  You have to resize each button individually.  Select one of the radio buttons in the box.  From the Edit menu, select Customize Control.  Once the control front panel opens, click on the little wrench symbol and it will turn into a pair of tweezers symbol.  Now you can edit any section of the control.  Simply resize the button.  Then click on the tweezers to change it back to a wrench.  From the Edit menu, select Apply Changes.  Your new button should appear on the front panel.  Then you have to do the same for the other button.

I wish NI would make this resizable like LEDs and other buttons.

[jspaarg]

I tried the tweezers in the customize tool, and that didn't work.

Actually, I just tried replacing the radio buttons in the cluster with LEDs, and the resizing works perfectly.

I can also set the attributes to be different colors.

Perhaps this is an undocumented feature and not a bug that was eliminated in 8.0

[altenbach]

Also remember that a radiobutton control can take any boolean control, so you could for example replace the elements with labeled buttons, switches, LEDs or similar (e.g. Buttons are easier to resize). You can even have a mix of different controls in a single radio button.

If you want to go tbobs route, just customize one, delete the other and  ctrl-drag it on the diagram (making a copy of the boolean). Now ctrl-drag as many copies as you need back into the radiobuton control. 🙂