Hide border of a string indicator

[drogne]

Does anyone know how? I tried to set T mode for the both the foreground and background and clicking on it, but I still have a border.

I forgot how to do this.

Thanks

Dustin

[johnsold · Accepted solution]

Dustin,

It can be done, but it takes some effort.

Often an easier approach is to start with a Classic style indicator.  The borders are not shaded and are much easier to color.

Lynn 

[Hesloppy]

Hi Dustin,

There is another discussion forum that talked about this too.  You can get some tips there to help you.

Best Regards,

[drogne]

Bryan I did see that post, but I did not get any results, following the posted instructions. I did get it to work as johnsold suggested, and that is probably how I have done it in the past. I think this feature is not very straight forward in newer version of Labview for some reason or I am missing something.

Thanks for your guys help.

-Dustin

[CoastalMaineBird]

I do this all the time.

There are two components you have to re-paint.

The BACKGROUND - click anywhere within the boarder with a transparent paintbrush.

The BORDER ITSELF - RIGHT-CLICK with the paint tool and you get the color palette. Hit the SPACE bar until both sections are the same color, then click on TRANSPARENT.

You have to do the palette trick every time.

I prefer BOLD for text within these, but that's your call. 

HINT:  Make one of these, save it in a VI called MY HANDY STUFF, then copy it the next time you need it.

[MinerHokieRamp]

I'd like to do this with property nodes. I found properties for text and text background. When I set the text background to transparent, there's still a visible border for the indicator. Where is the property for the border color?

Thanks,

[RavensFan]

Which style of string indicator are you using?  Modern?  If you use classic, you can paint the background and border all transparent.

[Hooovahh]

If you install the System Controls 2.0 then it comes with a transparent string control, among other great controls like system array, system cluster, system charts and graphs, etc.

[paul_cardinale]

Then bezels on classic controls can only be colored manually with the paintbrush tool.  There is no way to change the color programmatically; the property is simply not exposed.

[MinerHokieRamp]

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@paul_cardinale wrote:

Then bezels on classic controls can only be colored manually with the paintbrush tool.  There is no way to change the color programmatically; the property is simply not exposed.

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This is probably my best option. There are no scenarios where I want a visible border/bezel.

I'll try it and get back with you.