gui question: array spacing

[falkpl]

I have a quick question about array spacing and GUI layout.  I have an array of buttons (Not a cluster) and I set the array to be transparent so I have a bunch of buttons (number changes at runtime) but the array spacing is not enough for the GUI to look nice.  I tried to ad an element gap but this only nudges the elements apart.  Is there an easy work around which does not require code changes (such as a cluster or an array of clusters of buttons)?

Paul

[ThSa]

Hi Paul,

I think the most maintanable solution would be to customize the specific button by the following way:
Control Editor - Change to Customize Mode -> change the border size of the button (or whatever you have) and set the bg color to transparent

BR,
ThSa

[Dennis_Knutson]

You could customize the Boolean by adding a decoration around it. You could also color the decoration transparent so it doesn't show in the array control.

[falkpl]

Thanks for the advive.  I ended up using the caption to fake a border around the button, I set the caption to not size with text and placed a dubby text in it and set it to the BK color and all is well.  I initially tried to group a decoration with the control but then it would not go in the array, did not know this was not allowed since I never tried it.  The caption was a nice feature because I am able to resize it programatically, but then I lost the ability to use a caption.  Thanks for the advice, I will play around with the other options and see which works best.

Paul

[altenbach]

An example of a checkbox that is customized with a little padding on top and bottom so they align perfectly with the plot legend when placed in a transparent array container can be found in one of my old examples: LegendExampleMOD3.vi

(See this thread for details)