There's already a gesture to create a subVI in LabVIEW 2023 Q3 and later. Select a region of the diagram and (before releasing the mouse button), use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Space to open the Quick Change Palette. Many of the options are for placing things (like structures) around the selected diagram code, but there's also an option to create a subVI from the selection.
To "reduce friction" in creating subVIs from portions of code, I suggest adding "Create subVI from Selection" to the block diagram contextual menu- rather than only having it in the titlebar menu.
There's already a gesture to create a subVI in LabVIEW 2023 Q3 and later. Select a region of the diagram and (before releasing the mouse button), use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Space to open the Quick Change Palette. Many of the options are for placing things (like structures) around the selected diagram code, but there's also an option to create a subVI from the selection.
Christina Rogers Principal Product Owner, LabVIEW R&D
Ahh, thanks Christina- Stuck at 2022Q3, so I hadn't seen that!
However... I would say... it's not unknown for me to have a cat pinning down my left arm, leaving only my mouse hand free... I've already mapped spare mouse buttons to Tab (I'm not fond of Automatic Tool Selection!) and Delete. So what could have been a simple single right-click, select "Create SubVI", done, will require me to remove the cat from my left arm, press Ctrl-space, and then I can select what I want to happen..... (and then deal with keyboard-mashing cat..!)
Even without a cat on your arm, your UX does seem to involve more disparate input than is strictly necessary..... Also... it's also not inherently discoverable, as contextual menu items- and indeed the VI palettes- are...
Perhaps consider a hybrid approach, adding "Show Quick Change palette" to the right click menu...?
>it's not unknown for me to have a cat pinning down my left arm, leaving only my mouse hand free
Turn on Window's sticky keys.
It's great for cat arm. Been using it for years.
Checked, and it works. With sticky keys you can press\release CTRL then press\release Space sequentially, in stead of together.
EDIT: Actually, sticky keys works great for a lot of things, and it makes ctrl+space easier, but since you can't release the mouse it doesn't work for this one.
Yes.. the GIF seems to have borked my original post...
Which was simply: Right click on BD selection; add option "Create SubVI". Minimal steps, minimal fuss....
(It might be nice when Creating SubVI from selection to immediately open it too, rather than leaving it hanging unsaved.... Maybe I should try suggesting that separately to see how quickly it's declined?)
And I don't seem to be able to grant kudos- perhaps due to the Declined status.
There's already a gesture to create a subVI in LabVIEW 2023 Q3 and later. Select a region of the diagram and (before releasing the mouse button), use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Space to open the Quick Change Palette. Many of the options are for placing things (like structures) around the selected diagram code, but there's also an option to create a subVI from the selection.