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Setting Default Label Position

Hi all

When I create a Boolean (or anything else), LV defaults to putting the label above the control and left justified. I like to change that so that the default location for a label is just to the right and top justified.

Anyone know how to do this?
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Sorry, but don't believe you can--though that would be nice. Personally I seem to spend half my life making contol labels right-justified and aligned to the left of the terminal, and indicators, left-justified and to the right of the control...

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> Sorry, but don't believe you can--though that would be nice.
> Personally I seem to spend half my life making contol labels
> right-justified and aligned to the left of the terminal, and
> indicators, left-justified and to the right of the control...
>


I've heard this advice about the justification before, but many times it
doesn't seem necessary. If the label is totally above or below the
control, then the justification will determine which edge of the label
moves while the top or bottom is maintained. As long as autosizing is
turned on and the label projected horizontally intersects with the frame
of the control, the justification doesn't matter since the right or left
edge, whichever is next to the control will be maintained.

As for th
e orginal question, this is something you can change with
custom controls or typedefs, but the built-in control label position
cannot be controlled.

Greg McKaskle
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