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nath05

Make a control/indicator property node that will adjust the font size automatically is the string is too long

Status: Declined

Declined for reasons listed in AristosQueue's reply

There are some property nodes and methods that will fir the text in the indicator/control by resizing the control/indicator vertically.
This option is great but when you spend a lot of time organizing your front panel this option is not elegant nor suitable for your project and the user is not able to see the whole string

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AristosQueue (NI)
NI Employee (retired)

Major improvements to the graphics of property and invoke nodes have already been added to LabVIEW NXG. We are declining to make further changes to those nodes in the LabVIEW 20xx platform. The entire graphical structure of a block diagram was rethought for LV NXG: fixed size of terminals, fixed fonts across platforms, etc. If you have further feedback for the new platform, please visit the LabVIEW NXG Platform Technology Preview site.

Darren
Proven Zealot
Status changed to: Declined

Declined for reasons listed in AristosQueue's reply

Darren
Proven Zealot

One workaround I've seen is that users will change the fonts in their front panel controls/indicators from the default symbolic font (usually 'Application'), to a hard-coded font (like 'Arial' or 'Segoe UI'), at which point the fonts do not change on different systems.