Figuring out where to put everything sure takes a long time.  I've got this so far. Instead of LEDs, the buttons will change color when active. (Axis Zero, Run, etc..) I played around with the button face being a two state LED, and using a transparent button over the top. It works, but you seem to lose the "button push". I'll sacrifice that for the coolness of two color buttons.

With any luck, I'll have something for you guys to play with soon. It'll be far from finished, but good enough to run code. maybe.

NICE Gerry,
  How bout a little screen shot of a button ON beside one that is OFF.
Like to see the difference.
Overanxious.....I know,
RC

When I get home tonight I'll post one.

  Thanks Ger 
RC

How about this?

Nice.....REAL nice.
Thanks Ger,
RC

Here's an update. Forgot to add an Error Line, so I used the mode line and added a new smaller mode line, and downsized the code window a hair. This image shows the X axis ref'd, and the Start button pushed, with code running. When stopped, the Start button goes back to blue.

I have to shrink the start buttons a bit. If you look closely, you can see the square corner of the button image overlapping the round corner of the border. What a pita. They don't shrink well in Photoshop, so I'll have to make new ones. At least I only have to make one, then copy/paste and edit the text.

I might have these two screens done enough to run code with most of the functions working in a week or so. Then I'll upload it so you can play with it. It looks really cool when running. Blows away the last screen I made.

Gerry,
I see you have retained the scale buttons. I have always wondered who uses those. I can't see how they would be of much use on a mill. Do you perhaps run a plasma cutter?
Andy

I don't even have a machine. I've been working on a router on and off for about 5 years, though. It's been almost done for over a year. And I've been designing a better one for the last year too. As soon as the first one is done, construction of the second one will start. Maybe.

I'm making this screen as a testbed for another screen that I'll do for the newer router. I'm basically duplicating the simple screen that I made a few months ago. But since I have room, I figured I'd throw in most of what the standard screens have, to make it more useable to more people. But a lot more organized and easier to read.

To answer your question, I doubt that I'd ever use the scale DRO's. But since there's room, I figured why not.

I don't even have a machine.

I wonder how many things you'll change after you really start digging into your machine. 

I've made so many changes to my screenset after I started doing certain things repeatedly and eliminating others that don't ever get used or at least moving them to another screen in the set that I "thought" were going to be used.

It looks really nice so far.

Dave