# Check box scaling

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/check-box-scaling/7934>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 1, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/check-box-scaling/7934 "2014-02-01T02:18:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![zackscriven](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zackscriven/32/7213_2.png) [@zackscriven](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zackscriven)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/check-box-scaling/7934/1 "2014-02-01T02:18:53Z")

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The Check Box component does not scale size properly.

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**Author:** ![nmudge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nmudge/32/3394_2.png) [@nmudge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nmudge)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/check-box-scaling/7934/2 "2014-02-01T17:05:14Z")

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Can you give more details about this, like a screenshot of what you are talking about and any information about how the check box is configured? What is its layout settings? etc.

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**Author:** ![nmudge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nmudge/32/3394_2.png) [@nmudge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nmudge)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/check-box-scaling/7934/3 "2014-02-01T17:12:43Z")

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I see that the actual checkbox doesn’t get bigger or smaller. It is a fixed size. I think it is designed that way.

If you want a checkbox that scales its size up and down you could make your own custom one as a template with Ignition components and some scripting.

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**Author:** ![david.blank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@david.blank](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/david.blank)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/check-box-scaling/7934/4 "2017-11-27T16:35:55Z")

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I am also dealing with this issue. We have an Alarm Status Table and want to increase the size of the checkboxes to the left of the table entries. I was told by Ignition tech support that we are not able to do this because of the limitations of Java Swing. Can you explain how you would make a custom one as you suggested?