Getting a reference to a specific scrollbar

[GregFreeman]

I am able to use a property node in order to get a list of references to all objects on a pane, and then I am able to cast the reference to a scrollbar to find which references are scrollbars. But once I have a reference to the scrollbar, I have been unable to find a property that would tell me if I have a horizontal or vertical scrollbar reference. Is there any property that exists, or something that would help me distinguish them?

Just realized the all objects property on a pane doesn't give me a the scrollbars. So my question now becomes, how do I get a reference to a pane's scrollbar, and how do I tell which direction it is (horizontal/vertical)?

Thanks!

[FireFist-Redhawk]

I get the references to the scrollbars using the objects property node, not sure why you aren't...

[mcduff]

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@GregFreeman wrote:

I am able to use a property node in order to get a list of references to all objects on a pane, and then I am able to cast the reference to a scrollbar to find which references are scrollbars. But once I have a reference to the scrollbar, I have been unable to find a property that would tell me if I have a horizontal or vertical scrollbar reference. Is there any property that exists, or something that would help me distinguish them?

Just realized the all objects property on a pane doesn't give me a the scrollbars. So my question now becomes, how do I get a reference to a pane's scrollbar, and how do I tell which direction it is (horizontal/vertical)?

Thanks!

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The event VI Scroll gives you an "AppRef" Refnum. There is an extensive amount of choices within that menu, but I don't think what you are looking for is in there. This may be another case where you need to roll your own scroll bars.

mcduff

[FireFist-Redhawk]

If what you want is references to the two scrollbars that are part of the pane's window, I don't believe that is possible. As far as how to determine if a scrollbar is vertical or horizontal, use the Bounds property and compare the height and width. Unless something really weird is going on, a vertical scrollbar will have height >> width and vice versa for a horizontal scrollbar.

[GregFreeman]

Yeah I was trying to get the built in scrollbars but I think I may actually not need them for the problem I was trying to solve. Would be good to know though either way