disable entire group of controls at once

[rakornet]

Is there anyway to disable a group of controls that are grouped together on the front panel at once?  I know how to disable each one individually, but I have a lot in a group that I would like to all disable together.

[MikeS81]

Hi rakornet,
you can cluster all your elements and hide the entire cluster, or you search for all references and go through a loop to hide them seperatly.
Mike

[Ben]

.... or put them all in a single page tab control that is transparent and just disable the tab control.

Ben

[smercurio_fc]

That's a clever idea, Ben. And, it wouldn't impact existing code like putting the controls into a cluster. I never thought of that. I like it!

[Mythilt]

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Ben wrote:

.... or put them all in a single page tab control that is transparent and just disable the tab control.

Ben

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Oooh, now that's a good idea!  I'll have to remember that one.

[lmtis]

Ben,
That sounds like a great idea, but I can't color my tab control.  What am I doing wrong?  LV8.0.

[Ben]

Are you using the classic style tab control?

Ben

[lmtis]

Well I guess so!  Thanks.

[tst]

The tab control method works (I've used it myself more than once), but does have some disadvantages. As mentioned, another option is to go over the references in a loop. Here's an example which shows moving this off to a subVI. This has the advantage of making complex UI code relatively easy to handle.