Front Panel options: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 17:12, 13 May 2020

The Front Panel options are found in the Options dialog under the Front Panel category. These options provide the means to change some defaults to the Front Panel of VIs. Some of these options edit keys and values in the LabVIEW configuration file. The key that is changed is listed in parenthesis next to each description. These options include:

General

Changing the Connector pane terminals to default to required or recommended (reqdTermsByDefault)
Using the localized decimal point (useLocaleDecimalPt)
Using numbers 1 through 9 on the icons of new VIs (UseNumbersForNewVIIcons)
Opening the control editor with a double-click on controls rather than finding the Block Diagram terminal (doubleClickToEditControl)
Changing the Blink delay time used by the Blinking property of Controls (blinkSpeed)

Tip Strips and Labeling

Toggle whether to show Tip Strips on Controls (showTipStringsOnFPControls)
Toggle locking of Label location (DefaultLabelLockFP)
Changing the default Label location for Controls {Classic, Top-left, Top-middle, Top-right, Right-top, Right-middle, Right-bottom, Bottom-right, Bottom-middle, Bottom-left, Left-bottom, Left-middle, Left-top} (DefaultLabelPositionFP)
Changing the default Label location for Indicators {Classic, Top-left, Top-middle, Top-right, Right-top, Right-middle, Right-bottom, Bottom-right, Bottom-middle, Bottom-left, Left-bottom, Left-middle, Left-top} (DefaultLabelPositionIndFP)

Control Style for New VIs

Changing the default style for new controls placed {Modern, Classic, System, Silver} (defaultControlStyle)

Front Panel Grid

Showing the Front Panel grid (SnapGridShowsOnFrontPanel)
Changing the grid spacing (SnapGridFrontPanelSize)
Changing the grid contrast with the background (SnapGridFrontPanelContrast)
Toggling the snap to grid (SnapGridSnapsOnFrontPanel)
Toggling whether to automatically resize object to the gird on drop (SnapGridResizeWhenDropping)
Changing the grid style {Dots, Lines, Graph Paper} (SnapGridDrawAsLines)

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-The '''Front Panel options''' include the means to change some defaults to the [[Front Panel]] of [[VI|VIs]].  This options include:
+The '''Front Panel options''' are found in the [[Options dialog]] under the Front Panel category.  These options provide the means to change some defaults to the [[Front Panel]] of [[VI|VIs]].  Some of these options edit keys and values in the [[LabVIEW configuration file]].  The key that is changed is listed in parenthesis next to each description.
-*Changing the Connector pane terminals to default to required or recommended
+These options include:
-*Using the localized decimal point
-*Using numbers 1 through 9 on the icons of new VIs
+'''General'''
-*Opening the control editor with a double-click on controls (rather than finding the Block Diagram terminal)
+*Changing the Connector pane terminals to default to required or recommended ([[LabVIEW configuration file/Front Panel#reqdTermsByDefault|reqdTermsByDefault]])
-*Changing the Blink delay time (used by the Blinking property of Controls)
+*Using the localized decimal point ([[LabVIEW configuration file/Front Panel#useLocaleDecimalPt|useLocaleDecimalPt]])
-*Changing options for Tip Strips and default Label locations
+*Using numbers 1 through 9 on the icons of new VIs ([[LabVIEW configuration file/Block Diagram#UseNumbersForNewVIIcons|UseNumbersForNewVIIcons]])
-*Changing the default style for new controls placed {Modern, Classic, System, Silver}
+*Opening the control editor with a double-click on controls rather than finding the Block Diagram terminal ([[LabVIEW configuration file/Front Panel#doubleClickToEditControl|doubleClickToEditControl]])
-*Changing options of the Front Panel grid
+*Changing the Blink delay time used by the Blinking property of Controls ([[LabVIEW configuration file/Front Panel#blinkSpeed|blinkSpeed]])
+'''Tip Strips and Labeling'''
+*Toggle whether to show Tip Strips on Controls ([[LabVIEW configuration file/Front Panel#showTipStringsOnFPControls|showTipStringsOnFPControls]])
+*Toggle locking of Label location ([[LabVIEW configuration file/Front Panel#DefaultLabelLockFP|DefaultLabelLockFP]])
+*Changing the default Label location for Controls {Classic, Top-left, Top-middle, Top-right, Right-top, Right-middle, Right-bottom, Bottom-right, Bottom-middle, Bottom-left, Left-bottom, Left-middle, Left-top} ([[LabVIEW configuration file/Front Panel#DefaultLabelPositionFP|DefaultLabelPositionFP]])
+*Changing the default Label location for Indicators {Classic, Top-left, Top-middle, Top-right, Right-top, Right-middle, Right-bottom, Bottom-right, Bottom-middle, Bottom-left, Left-bottom, Left-middle, Left-top} ([[LabVIEW configuration file/Front Panel#DefaultLabelPositionIndFP|DefaultLabelPositionIndFP]])
+'''Control Style for New VIs'''
+*Changing the default style for new controls placed {Modern, Classic, System, Silver} ([[LabVIEW configuration file/Front Panel#defaultControlStyle|defaultControlStyle]])
+'''Front Panel Grid'''
+*Showing the Front Panel grid ([[LabVIEW configuration file/Front Panel#SnapGridShowsOnFrontPanel|SnapGridShowsOnFrontPanel]])
+*Changing the grid spacing ([[LabVIEW configuration file/Front Panel#SnapGridFrontPanelSize|SnapGridFrontPanelSize]])
+*Changing the grid contrast with the background ([[LabVIEW configuration file/Front Panel#SnapGridFrontPanelContrast|SnapGridFrontPanelContrast]])
+*Toggling the snap to grid ([[LabVIEW configuration file/Front Panel#SnapGridSnapsOnFrontPanel|SnapGridSnapsOnFrontPanel]])
+*Toggling whether to automatically resize object to the gird on drop ([[LabVIEW configuration file/Front Panel#SnapGridResizeWhenDropping|SnapGridResizeWhenDropping]])
+*Changing the grid style {Dots, Lines, Graph Paper} ([[LabVIEW configuration file/Front Panel#SnapGridDrawAsLines|SnapGridDrawAsLines]])
+[[Category:Options Dialog]]