Wrapping text on Boolean buttons on Front Panel

[djpritchard]

I have an example that shows the text actually wrapping on a Boolen button on a Front Panel.  How do you get the text to wrap?  I try to shriink the box width to force it to wrap, but it just snaps back.  I even went in to the properties and attempted to change the width, and it still pops back to fit the text on a single line.

Thanks

[RavensFan · Accepted solution]

Use Shift-Enter

[djpritchard]

Thanks - were is that documented?  I did a search on "wrap" and "wrapping" and came up nothing.

[altenbach]

Sorry, I don't understand the question.

Placing a "<enter>" or "<shift><enter>" inserts a linefeed, which is not the same as "wrapping". Could you explain what you actually want?

[RavensFan]

When I read the question, I interpreted it as meaning he wanted to break up the text into multiple lines which is the only thing that would make sense to me for text on boolean buttons.  You're right that enter does the same thing as a shift-enter.

[djpritchard]

I thought I tried ENTER - but when I did SHIFT/ENTER it worked.  The question I was asking, is where is this documented in LabVIEW, but I guess the ENTER should always insert a CR - but again, for some reason it didn't seem to work for me. I

[altenbach]

• If you simply type the boolean text directly in the front panel, ENTER is sufficient.
• If you type the boolean text on the properties panel of the control, you need SHIFT-ENTER to force a new line, probably because the enter key is assigned to the OK button.

All clear? 🙂

[djpritchard]

Clear as mud.  So again, back to my original question - where is this documented?

[RavensFan]

I have no idea if it is documented anywhere in LV.

It is just one of those bits of computer knowledge you pick of after years of working with things like Excel and AutoCAD and any other program where you may need multiple lines, but enter is already reserved for another purpose.

I have yet to find where the "any key" is located on my keyboard.

[altenbach]

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Ravens Fan wrote:

I have yet to find where the "any key" is located on my keyboard.

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Right below the panic button. 😄