labview aesthetic

[DavidBoyd]

Wow, Chris, I'd never noticed that in all my years of fiddling legends.  Perhaps I always end up stacking then vertically?  But, great catch.

Dave

[altenbach]

A much better design would have the style to the left of the plot name. It would look better in vertical or horizontal, IMHO. Unfortunately I had no input in the late eighties when this got cast in stone. 😄

[altenbach]

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@altenbach wrote:

A much better design would have the style to the left of the plot name. It would look better in vertical or horizontal, IMHO. Unfortunately I had no input in the late eighties when this got cast in stone. 😄

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Actually, the elements can easily be rearranged in the control editor!

[BertMcMahan]

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@altenbach wrote:

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@altenbach wrote:

A much better design would have the style to the left of the plot name. It would look better in vertical or horizontal, IMHO. Unfortunately I had no input in the late eighties when this got cast in stone. 😄

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Actually, the elements can easily be rearranged in the control editor!

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This doesn't work for me if I update the name of the plot. Just after customization:

After updating the name to be longer:

This seemed to happen with or without the visibility checkbox. Did you see any way to "maintain order" with the items in the legend? Also... any way to add a gap between items?

I have a VI with some horizontal legends whose length can change at runtime. I've been fighting these daggum legends for forever 🙂

[altenbach]

Sorry, I did not really play with it in detail, so maybe it's not a viable solution. I'll do some tests....