Previously, I posted a listbox control with improved icons. Some have asked if it can be used for multicolumn listboxes, too. Well, yet it can. And here it is. (Actually, you can just use the listbox control. Right click and select Replace. Replace it with a multicolumn listbox. The new multicolumn box will maintain the [...]

You can make pop-up windows quickly and easily by using tab controls. By using tab controls, you can create the same visual effect and the same functionality as a pop-up window, but you don’t need to create a sub-VI. Since you never leave the VI, you don’t need to worry about passing information into and [...]

The standard LabVIEW listbox control has very archaic icons. So I made some improvements. You can use this control as a direct replacement for the standard control, but it looks a lot better. This takes advantage of the properties for the listbox to load your own custom graphics. Download VI: ListBoxIcons2.0.vi

One rule to remember when designing a user interface is to do things in standard ways. For example, if you want to close a program in Windows, you click the red X button in the upper right-hand corner of the window. Most LabVIEW™ have a tell-tale “Stop” or “Done” button. That always bugs me. Why [...]