Remove the background frame from histogram

[InfinityDE]

Dear Labview Community,

I am currently working on a program, where I need to plot 8 histograms next to each other, but right now I am facing trouble concerning the frontend design of my program.
As you can see in the attached image, my histograms are placed pretty close next to each other, yet the "3D-like" background box of the graph objects makes it look pretty weird. Therefore my question: Is there a possibility to remove this frames or to replace it with some plane box, or - which would be even better - is it possible to put all 8 graphs into one surrounding box?

Thank you in advance for your answers.

[altenbach]

You can color them transparent or customize them in the control editor.

Once you attach a simplified version of your VI, we can play around to see what can be done.

You cannot have 2D arrays of graphs, but you can have 2D arrays of clusters containing graphs. be aware that properties are shared by all array elements, so plot style, axes ranges, etc. are the same for all.

[BertMcMahan · Accepted solution]

You can also try different styles of controls. You're using the Modern style which has the 3d borders. Silver is another option but I don't care much for it.

I prefer the "Missing system controls suite", available via VIPM. It gives you MUCH better looking plots and controls. Here's a very old thread with some images:

https://forums.ni.com/t5/UI-Interest-Group-Documents/The-quot-Missing-quot-System-Control-Suite/ta-p...

That thread recommends installing it manually. I'd recommend installing VIPM (VI Package Manager; it may have autoinstalled with your LV version) and getting the package that way. It's just a few clicks to install it.

[InfinityDE]

Thank you a lot. I installed the "Missing system controls suite". I guess I just need to select the "XY Graph" option now, right?

[BertMcMahan]

Not sure what you're using to make your histograms- are you using XY graphs currently? If so then yeah.

BTW, there's also the Advanced Plotting Toolkit which I think has some built in histogram support. It's a different scheme than the built in LabVIEW ones and it's more of a learning curve. I'd start by messing around with the Missing System Controls Suite and, if it just won't work for you, try the Advanced Plotting Toolkit.

[Gaoke]

Just add one more comment:

to make the frame transparent, normally we use classic style of controls.

[altenbach]

It would be much more useful if you could show us some typical histograms. How many bins? What does the data represent? Easiest would be if you could attach a simplified VI that simulates some typical data.

(note that your "1000" is truncated, so you might also want to hide the axes).

Don't forget the 2D picture . You could easily draw boxes and labels with full creative freedom.

Another option are 1D arrays of vertical slides or similar.