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theo2

"Size To Text" of string control

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"Size To Text" is only available at string constants.

This property should be available at controls.

4 Comments
Knight of NI

Which controls? And in what way? Should they expand horizontally, vertically, or both, or should checkboxes be provided to control which direction to go? Should the control/indicator shove other controls/indicators aside? Should it cover other controls/indicators? What if it covers an "Exit" button on the front panel and you have no way to stop a program?

kegghead
Member

What I find odd is that there is a method to size text controls vertically to fit the text. But for horizontal sizing, we're out of luck.

theo2
Member

My description sems to be too short.

We use a flowing string indicator as an indicator like a tipstrip in an array of signals. These indicator is moving according to the mouse. All names of the array elements are diffent and the lenght of this indicator should be adaptable. The width of the letters is different - so it is difficult to set the right attribute "width".

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Darren
Proven Zealot
Status changed to: Declined

Any idea that has received less than 3 kudos within 3 years after posting will be automatically declined.