floating panel

[Rac]

Hello

I wan't to know what is a floating panel.

(The only thing I found about it in the LW/CVI help for this was:
Panel attribute: ATTR_FLOATING
Specifies wheter the panel's window floats above all non-floating windows.)

Thanks in advance.
Rac

[RobertoBozzolo]

A floating panel is a panel that is always on top of other panel on screen (i.e. it is fully visible) even when it is not active.

As an example in windows, the task manager window can be set to be "always on top" and so it covers other windows and remains visible even when I am working on another application and window.

[DaveC]

As an addendum to Roberto's reply.

You can set the floating panel to always be on top of other windows (no matter if your application is active or not) by using the VAL_FLOAT_ALWAYS value with the ATTR_FLOATING attribute. You can also set the floating panel to only be on top of other panels within it's own application by using the VAL_FLOAT_APP_ACTIVE value with the ATTR_FLOATING attribute (once you switch to another application the floating panel will not be in front of it using the VAL_FLOAT_APP_ACTIVE value).

[Rac]

Thanks all,

know I get it!