Scale Multiple Objects on Front Panel Without Scaling All Objects

[Jason_D]

Currently LabVIEW has the ability to scale almost any object with the pane (e.g. when the front panel is maximized the object is scaled accordingly with the FP).

However once we add a second object that option goes away:

Now you may be thinking that there is a limitation that LabVIEW can only scale one object however there is an option in VI properties to "Scale all objects on the Front Panel."  If LabVIEW can scale one object and it can scale one object and it can scale all objects why can't it scale any number in between.  There are numerous situations I can think of where developers would want to have control over which objects scale and which do not.

As a workaround to this you can either group the objects you would like to scale or you can choose "Scale all Objects" and lock the ones you do not want to scale but these are both just that, workarounds.

[ASInc]

WANT.  I never understood this one or all, not two-(all-1) restriction.  I ended up accomplishing this in my program by using splitters to effectively multi-pane my main window, and stretching things to fit their pane, then controlling how the panes are bound to the window.  The end result is rather elegant looking, but it could be simpler this way.

[OwlMan]

I absolutely agree 1000%!

[OwlMan]

I found this on the forums. Look at the reply by ronbronw.

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Scale-object-with-panel-programmatically/m-p/837021#M380016

[GollumGTH]

Can someone expand on how you can group objects to achieve this?  I never realized you couldn't fit more than one object until it came up today...

[GollumGTH]

Nevermind, found it

http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/048C31D73E8EC91286256E440063E1BB