Creating a Borderless Waveform Graph in LabVIEW

Updated Sep 15, 2023

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  • LabVIEW

This article goes through the steps on how to create a borderless waveform graph in LabVIEW meaning the user wants to show only the graph area in the front panel without the background and axes scale label and divisions.

1. Create a Classic Waveform Graph by right-clicking on the front panel and going to Classic >> Graph >> Classic Waveform Graph.
 
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2. Right-click on the waveform graph and select Properties >> Scales and deselect the Show scale label and Show scale properties for both the x and y-axis. This will remove the labels for both axes, the graph will get resized in the plot area.
 
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3. When in the front panel, press Shift + Right-click to open the Tools Palette. Alternatively, you can open it from View >> Tools Palette menu.
4. Click on the Set Color option (highlighted using the red rectangle) located at the bottom of that window. This will change the icon of the cursor.
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5. Right-click on the background of the graph (the area surrounding the graphing area) and select the Transparent option in the top-right corner as highlighted in the image shown below:
 
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In the following image, you can see the result of following the steps in the previous section to create a borderless waveform graph. 
 
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Notice that even if we take the "plot area" and stretch it to the edges (not programmatically) it still has a border, this is expected and you should not set the plot area to the exact bounds of the graph.
 
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