enlarge radio buttons

[phillman]

Is there a way to enlarge the round buttons on a radio control?  It is pretty easy to customize an LED control/indicator.

[JÞB]

Search the LabVIEW help on "customizing controls"  most controls can be made to look like anything---- if you modify their parts!  Most means "NOT system controls---- for the most part---

[jyang72211]

I don't think you can change the size of a radio button.  I would be interested to know how if there is a way.  However, it is easy for a LED though. 

[RavensFan]

I don't see how either.  It seems to me that the radio buttons that are even in the Modern and Classic palette sets all use a system radio button for the actual button itself which is not customizable.

Drop radio button sets from all 3 types of pallets.  You'll see differences in the overall controls, but the buttons themselves all look the same.

[altenbach · Accepted solution]

Are you talking about a single radio button or a radio button control?

A radiobutton control is a special container for booleans where only one (or possibly zero if so configured) can be true at any given time. On the diagram it acts like an enum with the label of each control as items.

You can right-click any of the booleans inside and replace them with any other boolean you like (buttons, switches, LED, etc.etc). You can delete booleans and add more boolean. They don't even need to have the same design. Place whatever booleans you want and resize them to any desired size!

Now to create an oversized radiobutton (either inside a radiobutton control or standalone), you can import graphics to the true and false states of a plain boolean button so it looks like a giant readiobutton. Anything can be done!

(The only problem is the fact that the radio button control cannot be empty, even temporarily during editing. It seems nobody really cares, because my related idea is not very popular :()

[H_SH]

Hi,

Quick and easy reply is you can't easily change the size of control where size option is disabled in property tab.

Now depends on your creativity and expertise level in designing custom controls..

-HS

[jyang72211]

Hi Alten,

Thanks!  I never knew that.  I also Kudos on your idea about the radio button.

[phillman]

You can right-click any of the booleans inside and replace them with any other boolean you like (buttons, switches, LED, etc.etc). You can delete booleans and add more boolean. They don't even need to have the same design. Place whatever booleans you want and resize them to any desired size!

That seems to do the trick!

Thanks!

[RavensFan]

Nice.  It never occurred to me to try that.