Control + A in Documentation Field

[Richard_Ha]

The control C + V work for copying and pasting in the documentation fields, but for some (infuriating) reason the control + A doesn't. 

[AristosQueue (NI)]

What would you expect ctrl+A to do? I'm guessing you think "select all", but ctrl+a doesn't work in any string control anywhere in LabVIEW. Is this a more general request for ctrl+A to work in all text boxes, or is there some particular difference to the Documentation field compared to other data entry points?

[Richard_Ha]

I guess on the front panel and block diagram it behaves as expected by selecting everything, but the documentation field I'd expect it to behave as a regular text box and select all the text, as there aren't any other items to select?

[elset191]

I'd say this is a subset of VI documentation upgrade

What Aristos mentions is an idea here, and I think I've seen it elsewhere too.

[AristosQueue (NI)]

Where as the actual logic that applies is that in the documentation, there's no *objects* to select, so it does nothing. 🙂

Your request is not a bad request, but I would suggest it is broader than currently written... applying to any running text box. I'll add my kudos.

[Richard_Ha]

Yes I agree, just been playing with what ctrl+a does  on the front panel.

If you're in a text box I'd expect it to select all the text, same for numerics. If nothing has the focus then it should select all the objects on the FP or BD.

[fabric]

Triple-click inside a text box will select everything. That is a pretty decent workaround until we get Crtl-A