Removing 3d box from numeric control?

[davey31415]

Is there a way to remove or hide the 3d box that the numeric control results is in? 

I've tried customizing and can move the box but have not figured out a way to delete or hide it yet.

Thanks,

David

(LabVIEW 71.)

[johnsold]

I think the 3D stuff is hard to customize. If you start with a control from the Classic Palette rather than the default Modern Palette, you will have something much easier to customize.

Lynn

[davey31415]

The simple numeric is closer to what I'm looking for, which is just a number.

Is there a way to remove the border?

Also, is there a way to bring up a list of "colorable" components or is right clicking around the control the only way to go?

I'd love to be able to select a component on a list and choose a color there, especially when coloring graph panels- picking each and every grid line is a bit annoying.

Dave

[_S_G]

The 3d box cannot be removed.  However, it can be made transparent and therefore completely invisible.

Right-click on a numeric control and go to Advanced>>Customize to create a custom control.  In the custom control editor, change your tool to the paintbrush.  Place the hot spot of the paintbrush cursor (the bottom left edge of the paintbrush) exactly near the edge of the control (where the 3d border is), and right-click so that you get the color selection menu.

In this menu, you will see at the bottom right a rectangular box that shows your present color selection.  This box is actually made up of 2 squares, each of which can be set to a different color.  Pressing the spacebar repeatedly lets you select either the left square, the right square or both squares at once.  One of these squares is the primary color, the second is the secondary color.  Depending on context, primary/secondary colors represent foreground/background, inner border/outer border, etc.

Select the required square by pressing the spacebar an appropriate number of times  (A white square appears around the selected square.)  Now use your mouse and left click on any color to select it.  If you select the transparent color (a T in a box at the top right of the color selector) for both squares, you will see that the 3d box has disappeared.

The same technique can be applied to clusters and arrays and is useful while dealing with clusters and arrays with multiple levels of nesting.

Message Edited by Sudhir Gopinath on 06-13-2007 04:50 PM