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InfiniteNothing

Add scrollbar to flat sequence structure

Status: New

Sometimes you want your code to be inflexible and basically foolproof yet sequenced and compact. As a replacement to the stacked sequence structure, I propose we add a scrollbar to the flat sequence structure. Another improvement: we could incorporate integrated naming and add labels under the scrollbar so you could see all the frame names and where you'd have to scroll.

 

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CLED (2016)
3 Comments
altenbach
Knight of NI

Hey, this could be a replacement for the stacked sequence! Instead of flipping through frames, we scroll left and right and no longer need sequence locals and backwards wires.

 

Some claim the only reason for the existences of the stacked sequence is the smaller diagram footprint compared to the flat sequence. This idea would eliminate the last excuse to use a stacked sequence! 😄

 

I am not quite sure how to handle the input and output connectors. It seems they can only be on the left and right borders, creating some other possibly unwelcome limitations. Still, it's probably worth to explore the idea. Not sure yet.... 

 

 

gbecker
Member

I guess that looks good as long as no wires flow in or out the frames. 

 

Still, I would vote against spending development time for sequence structure features. Smiley Happy

Broken_Arrow
Active Participant

I'm on the fence about this idea simply because I don't use enough of these to care, however, Kudos, because I could see this being useful during initialization, and if it kept people from using sequence locals, that'd be great. 

Richard