tabbed front panels

[nano_era]

Hello,

I wanted to know if there was a way to display multiple front panels as tabs in a single window? Rather than having a window for every front panel? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[cirrusio]

Why not just use the tab container located on the Containers pallet?

Matt

[tbob]

Each front panel is a different vi.  There is no way to display multiple VIs in one window, unless you write an application to do so.  But you would then be outside the Labview development environment and would not be able to do any code development.

I assume you are wanting something like the tabs in Internet Explorer, or the tabs in Notepad++.  I don't think this exists in Labview.  Wouldn't it be nice if it did though?

[cirrusio]

Oops - appears that I missed the gist of this.  How about subpanels?  This would involve a bit more leg work but then each VI might just be a subpanel which might be displayed on a different tab in the same window.

Just a thought.  Matt

[nano_era]

Thanks for the reply.

OK, I see what you mean. Can I use that to display say 7 front panels from 7 different VIs, all on one window? And if so, would it be a good idea to do so? I ask this because it is not too convenient to have to go back and forth between that many front panels.

[nano_era]

OK, I see. I understood what the tab control container was, but I did not know if I could do that with several different VIs. I guess you answered my question.

Yes, it would be nice If it could be done that easily.

[tbob]

A subpanel will only display one vi at a time.  I don't think that would work either. 

Just open up all front panels, and look at the taskbar.  When wanting to switch to a different front panel, click on its icon in the task bar.

[cirrusio]

Aha...see, tbob is the smart!  I have never really used subpanels before, so...

There are ways that might reduce the clutter (such as using VI server to open and close FPs of running VIs and having a master panel which controls which ones are visible), but all will require a considerable amount of overhead just to provide a little convenience.  I tend to just go with the cluttered desktop as tbob suggested - it's irritating at times, but it's flexible and requires no coding overhead .

Good luck.

Matt

[johnsold]

Note that tbob's suggestion is for the Windows OS.  On the Mac the individual VIs do not show up in the Dock (unless they have been minimized), only the LabVIEW app.

Lynn

[cirrusio]

Does LV even work on a Mac?!