11-04-2025 07:47 AM
LV 2018, LV2023 both
Win 11
I have a WAVEFORM CHART, driven by a bundle of three values.
On this chart, I have DIGITAL DISPLAY turned on, giving me three numerical indicators for the latest value plotted.
If I pop up on any of those and choose DISPLAY FORMAT, I can choose (for example) four digits of precision to show.
BUT
No matter WHICH ONE I pop up on, it only changes the LAST (bottom) one.
This is true for the other display format properties: Scientific/FP, time/decimal/octal, whatever.
If I select them all and choose PROPERTIES, I can choose four digits of precision, but again, it's only applied to the last one.
I can use individual property nodes and set them all the way I want. Looks like it's the dialog that doesn't work right.
Is there a reason for such weird behavior, or is it just an LV bug?
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11-04-2025 09:03 AM
Seems to work fine in LabVIEW 2020. (here I selected 5, 3, and 4 digits)
I have access to all three digital displays in the display format tab of the chart properties:
11-04-2025 09:10 AM - edited 11-04-2025 09:11 AM
@CoastalMaineBird wrote:
I can use individual property nodes and set them all the way I want. Looks like it's the dialog that doesn't work right
Here's the right way to use property nodes...
11-04-2025 01:04 PM
OK, it looks like I didn't search in the right place.
Still, it's weird that I can pop up on display #1 and change the properties of #3.
Blog for (mostly LabVIEW) programmers: Tips And Tricks
11-04-2025 01:10 PM
@CoastalMaineBird wrote:
Still, it's weird that I can pop up on display #1 and change the properties of #3.
I agree that this is not fully user friendly. I think it improved slightly over the last decades. My memory is no longer what it never was, but I think back in the days right-clicking on a digital display did not even go to a property of the digital display.