Dialog Transparency

Most VNA dialogs can be made to appear with various amounts of transparency. This allows you to view the VNA traces through the dialog as you make dialog settings.

How to set Transparency Level

 

Using a mouse

 

    1. In tabbed dialogs, cycle through the above transparency settings by pressing the following button multiple times. The following dialog boxes have the transparency settings: Sweep Setup, Quick Start, Time Domain Setup, Limit Test Setup, Time Domain Setup, Port Matching, Customize setup and Trigger.

    OR

    1. Launch the Transparency dialog (below) from the Preferences dialog.

    No programming commands are available for this feature.

    Dialog Transparency Dialog Box Help  

    Note: This single Transparency setting applies to ALL supported VNA dialogs.

    The transparency button improves view-ability. By change the percentage of transparent on this dialog, user may view the result on the display immediately.

    • Opaque (NOT Transparent) - Default setting

    • 8% Transparency

    • 25% Transparency

    • 50% Transparency

    Double-click changes transparency - When checked, cycle through the above transparency settings by double-clicking in any non-control area of a dialog that allows transparency.

    Notes :

    • The transparency setting is stored as a VNA Preference.

    • The setting survives a VNA Shutdown and Preset

    • It is NOT saved and recalled with instrument state.

    Last Modified:

    18-May-2016

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