Touch Controls for GUI

[Martin Schwaikert]

Hi Folks,

trying to create a GUI that should be used on touch screens in productions. The problem is: Changing the size of the controls will not affect it's special function areas (like the little button for the Drop Down List to show up).

By means of this the gui is entirely not usable with gloves which will cause those poor people that have to use the software to darn me 😞

Is there a chance to create resizeable controls that do not look like Windows 3.11? Or does anyone know a modern looking scaleable control library?

Thank you very much

 

Nils

 

[ensegre]

You can quite get there customizing the control.

this for instance is a q&d expansion of the button (on windows it might actually look better), you can always replace the pulldown button image with anything nicer.

BigCombo.ctl

Btw, perhaps the thread belongs to the UI subforum rather.

Edited May 23, 2019 by ensegre

[LogMAN]

Here are some additional pointers that might be helpful

• LabVIEW Help :  https://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361H-01/lvconcepts/custom_cont_ind_type/
• UI Interest Group : https://forums.ni.com/t5/UI-Interest-Group/ct-p/7019?profile.language=en
• LabVIEW Playlist (see NI LabVIEW UI Tips videos) : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE91C12E1A5E62F88

I also found a blog post with pictures that show the general process for customizing controls.
https://www.dmcinfo.com/latest-thinking/blog/id/9428/basic-labview-ui-control-customization

If you are interested to see what is possible with LV, search for "2016 NIWeek - Designing Advanced User Interfaces in LabVIEW".
https://lavag.org/topic/20645-labview-videos-tecnova-download-site/

 

[Martin Schwaikert]

Hahaha I'm so stupid!

Never recognized the Wrench Tool Icon.

Knowing its functionality, it's quite easy to manipulate the control. Thank you very much for your help and for the links with former information 🙂