Change Cluster look

[Z.K.]

I have several controls in a cluster and it gives them a sunken look.  Is there a way to change the border style so that it is either flat or raised.  I would like that once I put the decorations around all my controls that they look all the same, but having them in a cluster gives them a look I don't care for.  I did find one solution though at http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Cluster-Appearance-On-Front-Panel/m-p/616681/highlight/true#M286334, but I was unable to figure out how to change the colors of the background and foreground of the cluster frame as they specified.  It did not work for me in LabView 2010.  Every time I right click on the frame with the color tool, I just get the same menu that I would normally get when clicking on a control and I could not toggle between the FG and BG.

[RavensFan · Accepted solution]

Try using the cluster in the classic palette.  That will give you a frame that you can color transparent.  You can make the cluster and its frame transparent, and they will be completely invisible.  Then use whatever decorations you want underneath that cluster.

For changing the cluster, shift right click and pick the paint brush.  Now when your right click the color picker will come up.

[altenbach]

Works just fine here (LabVIEW 2011).

Try again, sometimes it is a bit tricky:

With the color tool right-click on the cluster frame bring up the color tool. It will magically switch to grey/T, because that's what the frame is. Now hover over the color palette and move over the [T] (=transparent) in the upper right corner. If the frame does not yet turn transparent, press the spacebar until it does. Now you are all done. 🙂

This works fine on the modern frame.

(Also, if you use the cluster container from the classic pallette, it is a little easier.)

(You can also take the cluster container into the control editor and cusomize it with a different frame, e.g. by importing a decoration.)

(Also don't forget to vote for my related idea (sorry, images are currently broken due to a server problem) :D)

[Z.K.]

The shift right click is what I was missing and it seems to work the same for both classic and modern, at least in 2010 anyway. One thing though, how do I get rid of the border around the cluster. It does look better, but I would prefer to have no border. It would be nice in a future version if this kind of thing was in the properties dialog. Okay, I figured it out finally. Thanks for the info.

[RavensFan]

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@Z.K. wrote:
The shift right click is what I was missing and it seems to work the same for both classic and modern, at least in 2010 anyway. One thing though, how do I get rid of the border around the cluster.

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Use the classic cluster and color the border Transparent!

[Z.K.]

I was able to figure it out and I used modern, but thanks anyway.