Obscured Labels - Graphs and tab controls

In LV 2012 new options (Preferences or Options on the Mac) allow placing labels on new controls and indicators in various positions. I have noticed that for graphs and tab controls some of the options result in obscured labels. See the image below.
The preferences are set as shown:
When a graph is dropped, the label is superimposed on the plot legend display.
For a tab control everything is OK until enough tabs are added to create a second row. Those tabs are behind the label. I can understand some reluctance to move a label automatically after it has been created (in the tab case), but I think it would be better moved up than obscured. Perhaps if the programmmer had repositioned the label before the tabs were added, then it should not move automatically.
Is this a bug?
Lynn

Hi Lynn,
I've played around with these settings and I get the same results. It seems with the tab control that the new row of labels is pushed to the top by default, and the label will be obscured unless it has been placed to the bottom or side of the control. After looking into things further it seems that this is the expected behavior rather than a bug. You're welcome to post your idea to the Idea Exchange as a feature request, it seems like that might be a better way to handle the label positioning in the future.
Matt Lee
National Instruments
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> TIA,
> Dave
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