Rotate Tab Labels of Tab Control

Is there a way to rotate the tabs of a Tab Control?
I want the Tab Location to be Left, but I also want the text of the tabs to be horizontal.

I don't think there is a simple way to make the label string horizontal while the tab has been moved to the side of the control. However you can replace the text label with a picture label (advanced -> tab layout -> import image from clipboard). May be that could be used to obtain something satisfying ?
Message Edité par chilly charly le 01-08-2009 06:33 PM
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I tested it, and it crashes in 6.0, 6.1, 7.0 and 7.1 (all the versions I
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> A way to crash LabVIEW:
>
> 1. Open a new VI
> 2. Create a Tab Control on the front panel.
> 3. Select the second tab "Page 2".
> 4. With the text tool, clear the tab label completely.
> 5. Right-click the now empty tab, select "Add Page After."
>
> Verified with LabVIEW 7.1 under Windows, with an old 7b43 beta under
> MacOS X and with 6.0 under Solaris. The Unix log is attached.
>
> Harald Grundner

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I think when a Tab control is used in a subpanel, it happens something faulty if you try to use right and left "tab locations". See the attached code.
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Thank you for sharing your experience. It works at my surprise!
unfortunately, in my application I'm using FP Origin property so that a part of tab control is under subpanel borders. therefore this idea won't solve my problem!
never mind. I'll think of another FP objects distribution, but I didn't expect such a simple disturbing issue
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