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Hi all,

 

Here's what I hope is a dumb and simple question. I'm starting a new project and using NXG Style controls for the first time, and am struggling with these dumb little "Valid Path"/"Not a Path" buttons on the path control and indicator (see image below). I don't see an option to enable/disable them in the properties dialog box or anywhere else.

 

How do you hide these buttons?

 

NXG Style Paths.png

 

It looks like, by customizing the control, I can make the box tiny and hide it under the text field, but is that really THE way to do it?

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Curiously, you can make it any color you want (left) (FG/BG) but if you pick transparent (right), it shows again. :(.

 

 

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@MegaHertz wrote:

Hi all,

 

Here's what I hope is a dumb and simple question. I'm starting a new project and using NXG Style controls for the first time, and am struggling with these dumb little "Valid Path"/"Not a Path" buttons on the path control and indicator (see image below). I don't see an option to enable/disable them in the properties dialog box or anywehre else.

 

How do you hide these buttons?

 

NXG Style Paths.png

 

It looks like, by customizing the control, I can make the box tiny and hide it under the text field, but is that really THE way to do it?


There is another way, but it's no better: When customizing, color it transparent (there are actually 2 pieces to it, color them both transparent).

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@paul_cardinale wrote:

There is another way, but it's no better: When customizing, color it transparent (there are actually 2 pieces to it, color them both transparent).


As altenbach already pointed out (and I neglected to note in my original post), those buttons don't respond to being set to transparent.

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@MegaHertz wrote:

@paul_cardinale wrote:

There is another way, but it's no better: When customizing, color it transparent (there are actually 2 pieces to it, color them both transparent).


As altenbach already pointed out (and I neglected to note in my original post), those buttons don't respond to being set to transparent.


I forgot to mention to switch to "customize mode" when customizing.  Then you can make it transparent.  See attachment.

"If you weren't supposed to push it, it wouldn't be a button."
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Easiest solution? Use the System path control. 🙂

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I am not a fan of the NXG style controls.

Another poor work-around would be to drop something over top of it...

 

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(colored for visibility)

 

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@Frozen wrote:

I am not a fan of the NXG style controls.

Another poor work-around would be to drop something over top of it...

 

Frozen_0-1585148283898.png

 

(colored for visibility)

 


I believe that (most of) the NXG controls are a step up from the (awful) silver controls.  I'm guessing they exist mostly so you can make consistent GUI across both NXG and Classic.

 

What would you use that path/not path button for, anyway?

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oops duplicate.

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@Yamaeda wrote:

Easiest solution? Use the System path control. 🙂


While it doesn't answer the original question (seriously, how is there not a property setting to just hide those buttons?), I think this is the best solution to my issue.

 

The System path looks exactly like the NXG one (at least in Windows 10), but without those pesky buttons AND with a browse button that actually looks like a browse button.

 

Thanks for the suggestion!

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