Change border thickness of a cluster?

[ismail]

Can I change the thickness of border of a cluster?
thanks.
ismail,

[Brian_Vibert]

I don't believe that it is possible.

Brian Vibert

[Doug (CapeFl)]

For decorative purposes, you could place your Cluster box in a "Decoration" graphic (such as a 'raised box', etc.) and then modify that graphic as you need.
Note: whenever you add an item on top of another item, you may need to send one of them to 'back' or 'front' so you can perform manual edits, etc.
Doug

[Greg_McKaskle2]

> Can I change the thickness of border of a cluster?

Your best bet is probably to change the color of the border
of the cluster to Transparent. This may require hitting the
space bar so that you can color both FG and BG. Then if you
want, you can place a decoration beneath the cluster.

Greg McKaskle

[Mark Evans]

Strangely, transparent coloring doesn't seem to solve this problem with LabVIEW 6.0.3 Pro. The cluster border just won't go away. I suppose I could overlay a flat annular rectangle decoration but that seems excessive. The cluster should accept a transparent border color.

I even tried this coloring test in the graphical edit mode of a control VI. No dice.

[Lab Viewer]

Try to use the cluster from Classic Controls (lv 5 style).

[Greg_McKaskle2]

> Strangely, transparent coloring doesn't seem to solve this problem
> with LabVIEW 6.0.3 Pro. The cluster border just won't go away. I
> suppose I could overlay a flat annular rectangle decoration but that
> seems excessive. The cluster should accept a transparent border
> color.
>
> I even tried this coloring test in the graphical edit mode of a
> control VI. No dice.


You should be able to do this. Make sure that you are clicking on the
edge and while the color picker is up, hit the space bar or another key
to color both the FG and BG.

Greg McKaskle

[Mark Evans]

Greg - yes I should but the idea of using classic controls is better. I clicked all over everywhere with both FG and BG set to "T" for Transparent.

I think the problem is not with my technique but with the LabVIEW 6-style cluster border.

Mark

[Greg_McKaskle2]

> Greg - yes I should but the idea of using classic controls is better.
> I clicked all over everywhere with both FG and BG set to "T" for
> Transparent.
>


You are free to use the classic controls if that is what you need. Some
of the control parts must be right-clicked to set both colors. They
will only soak up one of the colors when left clicked on. The inc-dec
arrows of the classic controls work the same way.

Greg McKaskle

[Mark Evans]

Hi again Greg, and thanks for the prompt and careful answers. LabVIEW users appreciate you very much.

I think you have focused too much on the idea that I am doing something wrong in terms of keystrokes and mouseclicks. I do not believe that is the case.

However one thing you could do is to post a VI with two LabVIEW 6 cluster controls -- one regular, then another with T/T FG/BG color. You might even do a third with bright FG/BG colors for demonstration purposes.

My contention is that the NI developers just failed to implement transparency for the LabVIEW 6 cluster border.

Thanks -
Mark