Change colour of selected tab in a tab control

[Magical Marshmallow]

Hi,

I am looking to change the colour of the selected tab in a tab control.

For example I have a Tab Control with 3 tabs (P1, P2, P3). What I want is when P2 is selected, it is highlighted say by making the whole tab Red but P1 and P3 are say grey. Hence when say, P1 is then selected,it is Red and P2 + P3 are Grey.

Is there a way to do this - I have enabled Multiple colours in my Tab Control

Help would be appreciated

Cheers

Marsh

[GerdW]

Hi Marsh,

you can set colors by either right-click+Properties or by using property nodes. Just read the help for the properties of the tab control!

[elset191]

The VI here should be enought to get you there

[Dimitrios]

Here is my version allthough the one suggested is much better and efficient.

[elset191]

This is a better option.  The VI is attached.

[Magical Marshmallow]

Can you save that as a Labview 8.2 file please - I'm not as up to date as you!! Thanks and Sorry!

[Magical Marshmallow]

Howiya

I'm not sure if its as a result of using the VI you sent me earlier or not!

I have graphs on the Tabs on my Tab Control, these did update in real time however they now only update when you click back to the tab in question.

Is there a reason for this and how do I remedy this problem


Cheers

Marsh

[Ben]

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Magical Marshmallow wrote:
Howiya

I'm not sure if its as a result of using the VI you sent me earlier or not!

I have graphs on the Tabs on my Tab Control, these did update in real time however they now only update when you click back to the tab in question.

Is there a reason for this and how do I remedy this problem


Cheers

Marsh

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It is expected behaviour that non-vislable graphs do not update if not visable. I can only guess that now that you have changed to background color it is taking longer to update them and now you can see the update happening.

Ben

[Little_Helper]

Hi

Would it be possible to do something similar using images for the tabs, and change the image for the active tab?

Simon