jgcode Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 Can anyone make LabVIEW do this? 1) Symbols in a drop down type Menu (pref enum reurned) 2) Also combining a nice toolbar button with a drop down? Ie. I can do a standard hover-over/picture-depressed when pressed (but classic style) and want to combine it with a drop down. It would be nice if the RTM can be associated with symbols - so I could visually match up a toolbar button to it's run-time menu item - any rumors of this in future release? Cheers JG Quote Link to comment
Norm Kirchner Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 I have not heard any rumors or seen examples of a UI like this. I'm sure that you could utilize some .NET components to get this kind of if not close functionality, but I'm not sure which ones. To do a LV implementation would be fun but a very involved process. Due to the cross platform nature of LV, I've got a feeling that trying to natively support this feature would be a few years off until this kind of menu and drop downs are common. Quote Link to comment
Yair Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 If you search PJM's posts, you should be able to find a pure G implementation for a nested context menu. You can adapt this using a picture control to do what you want, but it will probably require some work. Have fun. :headbang: Quote Link to comment
jgcode Posted August 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 Captain thanks for the reply! I am possibly thinking xcontrol here for the boolean/dropbox aswell. Yair cheers for the suggestion...am searching away... I can't believe making app that look like MS Windows stuff is so much work (toolbars, status bars, handling resizing etc...) As for controls I am hoping in they will start appearing natively in LV very soon. In my opinion the more my GUI look like MS Windows (when they are running on Windows OS PC's) the better it is for my client: from a satisfaction, intuitiveness and quicker adaptiveness standpoint. Quote Link to comment
Yair Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 QUOTE (jgcode @ Aug 15 2008, 05:54 PM) <edit> http://forums.lavag.org/XControl-and-NET-Framework-t4160.html&p=16926' target="_blank">The post Yair was referring to <\edit> Actually, it wasn't. I was refering to a right click context menu, which would be more relevant in your case. P.S. If you come up with something, why not post it? Quote Link to comment
jgcode Posted August 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 QUOTE (Yair @ Aug 17 2008, 01:41 AM) Actually, it wasn't. I was refering to a right click context menu, which would be more relevant in your case.P.S. If you come up with something, why not post it? Yer fo shizzle. Nuthing beats sharing... I have done a "non moving" button looking ring but I don't like it cause a) it has a border so it doesn't blend into my toolbar b) it doesn't "depress" when you press it (cause its not a real boolean) So currently I gave up. If I get something good then I will post. Quote Link to comment
Yair Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 This is what I meant (7.0). I couldn't find the post after a quick search, but I had it on my hard drive. Quote Link to comment
jgcode Posted August 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 QUOTE (Yair @ Aug 18 2008, 01:06 AM) This is what I meant (7.0). I couldn't find the post after a quick search, but I had it on my hard drive. Cheers mate! :beer: Quote Link to comment
huotom Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 QUOTE (Yair @ Aug 18 2008, 01:06 AM) This is what I meant (7.0). I couldn't find the post after a quick search, but I had it on my hard drive. Good idea. Thanks for your shared source code. Quote Link to comment
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