Attaching scroll bar to plot legend palette

Hi all,
I am working with graphs.And many of my graphs include a number of plots.
Because of the increased number of plots,many of the plot names can not be in the plot legend palette as it beyond the visible area.
Is there any way to program a scroll bar's movement attached to the plot legend palette?
Thanks in advance

This is a new feature of LabVIEW 8.5. What is your version?
See: http://zone.ni.com/reference/en-XX/help/371361D-01/lvhowto/pl_adding_scrollbars/
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