How do I Vertically Center Text in a Control?

[David_Staab]

   Couldn't find an answer in a forum search. Anybody know how to vertically center text in a System Ring?

[D60]

I would like to know it too!

[Christina_R]

Unfortunately, I'm fairly certain that LabVIEW does not provide a way to center the text in a ring control vertically.

[Darren]

There is currently no way to vertically center the text in a system ring.  You can fake it by adding extra carriage returns in the ring text:

Note that when you do this, the extra carriage returns appear as spaces in the ring text when the pop-up ring is visible:

Other than this, the only other way to accomplish what you want would be to create a picture control that behaves like the ring. Painful.

[tst]

I haven't tried this, but can you do this in a .NET or ActiveX ring (or combo box, which I believe is the name used for the equivalent control)? This will make the code Windows only.

[wirebirdlabs]

Have you tried resizing and repositioning the "Ring Text" part usng the Control Editor?

[Christina_R]

Jack - That solution works as long as you know the text will always be one line, but multi-line text will be cut-off.

[shb]

I think centering vertically should be added to LabVIEW. When you agree then please vote for http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Add-vertical-center-for-string-indicators-and-don-t-di...