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Select Tools»Options to display the Options dialog box and select Front Panel from the Category list to display this page.

Use this page to set front panel options.

This page includes the following components:

• Show tip strips on front panel controls—Displays tip strips when you idle the Operating tool over objects. You also can use the Show FP Tip Strips property to enable tip strips programmatically. This checkbox is checked by default.
• Play animated images—Displays any animated graphic, such as an animated .gif, as animated. This checkbox is checked by default. Remove the checkmark from the checkbox to display only the first frame of animated images.
• Blink delay—Sets the blinking delay for front panel objects. Blinking is a basic property you enable with Property Nodes. If Use default is checked, you cannot edit this field.
  • Use default—Sets Blink delay to its default value of 1,000 ms. This checkbox is checked by default. To edit Blink delay, remove the checkmark from the checkbox.
• Connector pane terminals default to Required—Sets new terminals connected on any VI's connector pane to Required instead of Recommended. This applies to connections made using the wiring tool and to subVIs created using Create SubVI. This checkbox is unchecked by default.
• Open the control editor with double-click—Allows you to double-click a control to display the Control Editor window. Use the Control Editor window to customize the appearance of a front panel object. This checkbox is unchecked by default.
• Use localized decimal point—Uses the decimal separator for the operating system instead of the period. This checkbox is checked by default. Remove the checkmark from this checkbox if you want LabVIEW to use periods in all cases for the decimal point.

  Note  Changes to this option take effect the next time you start LabVIEW.

• Use transparent name labels—Uses transparent labels for objects on the front panel. This checkbox is checked by default.
• Labels snap to preset positions on controls—Snaps labels and captions for new objects on the front panel to preset positions. This checkbox is checked by default.
• Labels locked by default—Locks labels and captions in place for new objects on the front panel. This checkbox is unchecked by default.
• Default label position—Sets the default label position for new objects on the front panel. The default is the initial label position LabVIEW automatically sets for each object.
• Control style for new VIs—Changes the style of the control or indicator LabVIEW creates in new VIs when you right-click a terminal and select Create»Control or Create»Indicator from the shortcut menu. The default is Modern style. Select File»VI Properties and select Editor Options from the Category pull-down menu to change the style of the control or indicator LabVIEW creates in existing VIs.

  Note  When you right-click a subVI terminal and select Create»Control or Create»Indicator from the shortcut menu, LabVIEW creates a control or indicator in the style of the subVI front panel object that corresponds to the subVI terminal. When you right-click a control or indicator and select Create»Control or Create»Indicator from the shortcut menu, LabVIEW creates a control or indicator in the style of the control or indicator you right-clicked.

  • Modern style—Creates a modern style control or indicator when you right-click a VI or function and select Create»Control or Create»Indicator from the shortcut menu.
  • Classic style—Creates a classic style control or indicator when you right-click a VI or function and select Create»Control or Create»Indicator from the shortcut menu.
  • System style—Creates a system style dialog control or indicator when you right-click a VI or function and select Create»Control or Create»Indicator from the shortcut menu. If a system control or indicator does not exist for the data type of the terminal, LabVIEW creates a control or indicator in modern style.