Users' questions

What is a splitter bar?

What is a splitter bar?

Splitter bars are a tool for creating professional user interfaces on the front panel. You use a splitter to separate the front panel into multiple regions, called panes. Each of these panes acts in many ways like a unique front panel. You can scroll each pane individually. Each pane has its own set of controls on it.

How to use splitters in LabVIEW?

Using Splitters to Create a Toolbar To create a toolbar at the top of your VI, simply place a horizontal splitter on the front panel, and place a set of controls in the upper pane. A useful configuration would keep the splitter locked and set to Sticks to Top, with the upper pane’s scrollbars set to Always Off.

How to Remove pane in LabVIEW?

How to Remove a Splitter Bar

  1. Right-click on the splitter bar, and select Remove Entire Splitter Hierarchy.
  2. Right-click on the splitter bar, and select Remove with Adjoining Splitters.

How do I create a status bar in LabVIEW?

LabVIEW 2020 Help

  1. Create a new VI or open an existing one.
  2. Select Horizontal Splitter Bar from the Containers palette.
  3. Add the splitter bar to the front panel window near the bottom of the pane.
  4. Two scrollable panes appear in the front panel window.
  5. Add the controls you want to use to the status bar in the lower pane.

How to delete a splitter bar in LabVIEW?

Complete the following steps to delete a splitter bar from the front panel. Right-click the splitter bar. Select Remove with Adjoining Splitters or Remove Entire Splitter Hierarchy from the shortcut menu. If the splitter bar you select is not a parent splitter bar, LabVIEW dims the Remove Entire Splitter Hierarchy option on the shortcut menu.

How can I get rid of the splitter bar?

Right-click on the splitter, and select Locked on the shortcut menu. Right-click on the splitter bar, and select Remove Entire Splitter Hierarchy. This option will remove this splitter and any other splitters that are children of the first splitter (see section in Concepts about splitter hierarchy).

How do I set the splitter bar as the scroll bar?

To configure the settings of a pane’s scrollbar, right-click on an adjoining splitter bar. The splitter’s shortcut menu will include a submenu for the pane. In the pane’s submenu, there is a submenu for each scrollbar. Select the submenu for the scrollbar and choose the setting you want to use.

How to delete an object in LabVIEW 2018?

Open a service request To delete a front panel object, other than a splitter bar, use the Positioning tool to select the object and take one of the following actions: Select Edit»Cut . Press the key. Press the key. Note Deleting a structure in this way also deletes its contents.