Change display size of plot area

I have a VI that is reading signals from 16 different channels. The signals recorded from each of the 16 channels are displayed on 16 different graphs. I want to be able to see all 16 channels at the same time, in case anything interesting happens on any one of them, so each graph is fairly small.(See the attached screenshot.)
When something interesting does happen, I want to be able easily resize the entire plot area to cover most of the screen--perhaps with the click of a mouse. I would then like to be able to put it back to normal size--perhaps also with a single click of the mouse, or something equivalently as easy.
Simply zooming in on the "interesting region" will not do.
Is there a way to easily resize plot areas--b
y pushing a single button on the keyboard or mouse?
Attachments:
labview-screenshot.jpg ‏117 KB

I would do it like this: Have a main loop that updates the graphs. Have a second loop that has an event structure that looks for button presses. If the user clicks on a graph, the second loop launches a second VI. This VI has its properties set to show front panel when called (File -> VI Properties... -> Windows Appearance -> Customize...) and Close afterwards if originally closed. It front panel basically just your graph and a waveform graph reference (which I hide). It has a loop and an event structure that keeps updating until the graph is clicked. When the graph is clicked, the VI closes. Your original VI needs to keep updating during this and it updates the big graph through a control reference. I have attached an examp
le.
Bob Young - Test Engineer - Lapsed Certified LabVIEW Developer
DISTek Integration, Inc. - NI Alliance Member
mailto:[email protected]
Attachments:
aaaBig_Graph.vi ‏32 KB
aaaSmall_Graphs.vi ‏263 KB

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