How to hide front panel objects behind other front panel objects

[Mr_M_from_G]

Hi,

I need tho change an existing project and to make it simple just want to hide some front panel objects behind others. But I can't find how to put the one I wnt to the front hiding all others. So now there are some in front that should be hidden.

Is there a button or menu item "Move to front / back" like in many other programs?

Thanks

Martin

[GerdW]

Hi Martin,

yes, there is such a button: Look in the button menu of your FP at edit time.

Or read the LabVIEW help…

[Mr_M_from_G]

Hi Gerd,

come on, please give me a closer hint. I did look up all the menues (what do you mean with "button" menue?) and also the help. Searching for "move to front" brings up 172 pages. LV help is pretty huge.

So closer help is still welcome. How is this function called in LV or which is the menue precisely?

Thanks a lot

Martin

[GerdW]

Hi Martin,

what about the link I provided in my previous post? What else do you need?

What about the chapter "fundamentals" in the LabVIEW help?

Going the way "Fundamentals -> Building the FrontPanel -> How-To -> Reordering Objects" seems rather logically to me…

[RavensFan · Accepted solution]

"Button menu" isn't really the typical phrase.  Button toolbar is more appropriate.

Here's an image I posted in another thread I was in yeserday that shows it.

[Mr_M_from_G]

Hi RavensFan,

thanks a lot

[Mr_M_from_G]

Sorry Gerd,

I missed that there was a link, so Thanks and Kudos for you

Martin

[billko]

Be aware that overlapping front panel objects will cause performance hits due to the way LabVIEW updates front panels.  (The overlapping objects have to be constantly redrawn.)

[Mr_M_from_G]

Hi Bill,

thanks for that hint. It was also mentioned in the help page Gerd gave the link to.

What is your suggestion to do it better?

Thanks

Martin

[Fragrz]

You can right click terminal on block diagram and select "Hide control".