mic_k86 Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 hi all, the default background colour for labview is grey. is it possible to change it to another colour? (i.e. yellow, blue...) or is it possible to at an image picture to the background? Quote Link to comment
Vinny Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 QUOTE (mic_k86 @ Feb 6 2009, 10:17 PM) hi all, the default background colour for labview is grey. is it possible to change it to another colour? (i.e. yellow, blue...) or is it possible to at an image picture to the background? You can change the panel background color by selecting the paintbrush tool from the Tool Palette (View >> Tool Palette). You can change the default panel color in the Options Dialog (Tools >> Options >> Colors). You can make an image picture the background by right clicking on a scroll bar and selecting properties. In the properties window you can change the background to an image. Regards, Vinny Quote Link to comment
Minh Pham Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 QUOTE (mic_k86 @ Feb 7 2009, 02:17 PM) hi all, the default background colour for labview is grey. is it possible to change it to another colour? (i.e. yellow, blue...) or is it possible to at an image picture to the background? Select Menu: Tools>>>Options>>>Colors to customize your environment. Quote Link to comment
huotom Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 QUOTE (Vinny @ Feb 7 2009, 02:09 PM) You can change the panel background color by selecting the paintbrush tool from the Tool Palette (View >> Tool Palette). You can change the default panel color in the Options Dialog (Tools >> Options >> Colors).You can make an image picture the background by right clicking on a scroll bar and selecting properties. In the properties window you can change the background to an image. Regards, Vinny Do you have any good idea about color? thans a lot Quote Link to comment
Vinny Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 QUOTE (huotom @ Feb 9 2009, 01:15 AM) Do you have any good idea about color? thans a lot It is not clear to me what your question is. Quote Link to comment
JustinThomas Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 QUOTE (huotom @ Feb 9 2009, 11:45 AM) Do you have any good idea about color? thans a lot Typically while developing a lab applications I would prefer system colors as they make your application look more at home on the OS you are running. I also try and use system controls and indicators wherever possible. While developing for a process plant automation type application I would use bright colors and big prominent controls and indicators. Good Colors for an application are very subjective and its a very good idea to get feedback with the end user of the application Quote Link to comment
huotom Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 QUOTE (JustinThomas @ Feb 10 2009, 11:00 AM) Typically while developing a lab applications I would prefer system colors as they make your application look more at home on the OS you are running. I also try and use system controls and indicators wherever possible.While developing for a process plant automation type application I would use bright colors and big prominent controls and indicators. Good Colors for an application are very subjective and its a very good idea to get feedback with the end user of the application I enjoy what you had replied to me.Thanks a lot! Quote Link to comment
Mark Yedinak Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 On a somewhat related topic do you know if it is possible for a subVI to inherit the background color of the calling VI? In my environment we reuse a large amount of our code and we have many general purpose VIs that are dialog boxes. Because we reuse our code I would like these dialog boxes to inherit the colors from the calling VI. The brute force method would be to get a reference to the calling VI and get it's color information and then set the colors for the subVI. This however may result in a flicker of the display (or we have to delay showing the FP until the colors are set). It would seem that an attribute allowing teh colors to be inherited would be convenient and useful. Is there such a thing? Quote Link to comment
PaulG. Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 QUOTE (Mark Yedinak @ Feb 10 2009, 11:04 AM) On a somewhat related topic do you know if it is possible for a subVI to inherit the background color of the calling VI? In my environment we reuse a large amount of our code and we have many general purpose VIs that are dialog boxes. Because we reuse our code I would like these dialog boxes to inherit the colors from the calling VI. The brute force method would be to get a reference to the calling VI and get it's color information and then set the colors for the subVI. This however may result in a flicker of the display (or we have to delay showing the FP until the colors are set). It would seem that an attribute allowing teh colors to be inherited would be convenient and useful. Is there such a thing? In your block diagram select a property node, link it to pane, then link that to the pane color. I think that's what you're looking for. Quote Link to comment
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