A panel is a rectangular region of the screen where controls and menu bars reside. Panels provide the backdrop for many different activities, such as representing the front panel instrument.
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Note To place a panel into the User Interface Editor window, select Create»Panel. |
Panels operate like windows. You can minimize panels, resize them, move them, and overlap multiple panels. Panels can contain other panels, called child panels. An example of a child panel within a parent panel appears in the following figure. The outer panel is called the parent panel; the inner panel is called a child panel. Child panels can appear within other child panels. You cannot drag a child panel outside its parent panel. If you shrink a parent panel, a child panel might be partially or completely hidden in the shrunken panel view.
Child Panel within a Parent Panel
You can operate a panel from the keyboard in the following ways:
You can operate a panel with the mouse in the following ways: