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Abhay_Samant

Create Constant for multiple properties in one step

Status: Already Implemented

Already available with the Wire All Terminals shortcut with Quick Drop (Ctrl Space, Ctrl-Shift-D).

We are using property nodes heavily in our APIs as they really help to maintain backwards compatibility in a high churn API; you can add, move, deprecate properties without having to obsolete VIs constantly and you can have consistent APIs for C and LabVIEW. It is really nice that you can select the first of N properties in a property node and then grow the property node by dragging down the bottom edge to get multiple adjacent properties. But, then you have to do a Create Constant for each property.

 

Idea: It will be really nice if the property node had a right click option to create constants/controls for all properties that do not already have something wired to them already.

3 Comments
David_L
Active Participant
You can do this already with controls/indicators but not constants (that I know of).  highlight the property node and press Ctrl-Space (To open quick drop) and then Ctrl-D (To place all controls and indicators).
CMal
Active Participant
You can create constants on all the unused inputs of a node with Quick Drop by clicking Ctrl-Shift-D.
Darren
Proven Zealot
Status changed to: Already Implemented

Already available with the Wire All Terminals shortcut with Quick Drop (Ctrl Space, Ctrl-Shift-D).