Adding GPS icon to the J3 panel

[psmuniz]

Guys,
I want to add a GPS icon (gauge) to the J3 Cub panel, to avoid open/close the GPS by the instrument panel on the Views menu. Have you an idea of how to do that?
Thaks in advance for your help.
Paulo

[Lewis - A2A]

Hello Paulo,

rather than use the views menu you can also use the default shift + 2,3,4,5 etc to pop up the 2D Panels, these are also mappable in FSX or P3D and can be mapped to other keys or buttons etc.

thanks,
Lewis

[psmuniz]

Hi Lewis,
Thanks for your hint, which gave me the keywords to search for a solution.
a) I defined a subpanel (Window01=GPS) in the [Window Titles] section of the panel.cfg file. This windows does not have any gauge attached.
b) I commented the original [Window01] entries, substituting them for the following entries found on the Internet:
// Garmin 500 with shift + 2 (keyboard mapping)
Background_Color=0,0,0
size_mm=456,378
window_size=0.5
position=8
visible=0
ident=GPS_PANEL
gauge19=fs9gps!gps_500, 0,0

Now, gps is popping up/down as a subpanel of the Piper Cub J-3 (shift+2).
Paulo

[n421nj]

It's almost like cheating. Lol