LabVIEW
Scale Object with Panel, but what about inside a Tab control?
I started this thread because I noticed that there is no way to control the scaling of objects inside a tab control without resorting to property nodes. The suggestion to use the Scale All Objects feature is not the same thing as the Scale Object feature. If you have multiple UI elements such as buttons, string controls, etc. in addition to a tab control, the Scall All Objects feature will generally make the application appear "rough around the edges" to put it mildly. In fact, there are very few cases where I would recommend using the Scale All Objects feature, and I have never seen a need for it. It is a good way to make a front panel get very ugly very fast.
The issue here is that we cannot enforce the "Group" relationship with controls inside a tab and the tab itself. Look at Excel or the Open Office spreadsheet application. The spreadsheet area itself is like a tab control (if there are multiple sheets in the workbook). When you scale the window, you see more cells, but the toolbars and status bars all stay the same size, they just move along with the window to allow the tab area to grow.
I humbly recommend that NI folks stop suggesting the Scale All Objects feature. It gives LabVIEW-made applications a bad image!
Dan Press
Certified LabVIEW Architect
PrimeTest Automation
The issue here is that we cannot enforce the "Group" relationship with controls inside a tab and the tab itself. Look at Excel or the Open Office spreadsheet application. The spreadsheet area itself is like a tab control (if there are multiple sheets in the workbook). When you scale the window, you see more cells, but the toolbars and status bars all stay the same size, they just move along with the window to allow the tab area to grow.
I humbly recommend that NI folks stop suggesting the Scale All Objects feature. It gives LabVIEW-made applications a bad image!
Dan Press
Certified LabVIEW Architect
PrimeTest Automation
