Easier way to insert and delete element in array

[DanyAllard]

I could be easier to insert or delete element from array by only select and hit Insert or Delete on keyboard.

Insead of this:

Select like this:

[andre.buurman@carya]

In that perspective adding "End" to go to the last element and adding "Home" to go to the first element would also be usefull.

[JackDunaway]

Andre, It used to bother me that it was difficult to find the end element of an array, but there is a solution! Right click on the array, and select "Visible Items -> Show Vertical Scrollbar". This works on FP arrays and BD constants. Cheers, Jack

[Intaris]

While we're at it with keys operating on Arrays, how about "PageDn" and PageUp" moving up (Index-wise) and down the visible Array elements by the same number as Array elements are visible.......

[Darren]

If this idea gets implemented, the same gesture should also work on array constants.

[Christina_R]

Keyboard shortcuts for inserting into and deleting from arrays were added to LabVIEW 2020 SP1.

[fabric]

So here are the new shortcuts:

Arrays
Ctrl-Delete	Deletes the current element and shifts later elements up.
Ctrl-Shift-Delete	Deletes the element before the current element.
Ctrl-Enter	Inserts a new element after the current element.
Ctrl-Shift-Enter	Inserts a new element before the current element.
Ctrl-PgUp	Scrolls the visible elements in an array by one page up.
Ctrl-PgDn	Scrolls the visible elements in an array by one page down.
Ctrl-Home	Scrolls to the first element in an array.
Ctrl-End	Scrolls to the last element in an array.
Tab	Moves to the next element if the Auto Tool is on and locked.
Shift-Tab	Moves to the previous element if the Auto Tool is on and locked.

It took me a while to find these... Hope this helps someone!

[nclark94]

Does this work on array constants on the block diagram? I'm having trouble getting the shortcuts to work there. They work on the front panel a-ok.

[Darren]

> Does this work on array constants on the block diagram? I'm having trouble getting the shortcuts to work there.

I just tried all 10 of the shortcuts that fabric listed on a 1D string array constant in LabVIEW 2024 Q3 and they all worked. Make sure you have Tools > Options > Environment > Lock automatic tool selection CHECKED in order for the Tab and Shift-Tab ones to work.

[wiebe@CARYA]

It's tricky and I can't get it working completely. LV24Q3f1

I might be missing something here...

First thing I missed was that the text in the element needs to be selected, not the element. If you select the text (give the element focus I guess) the shortcuts work.

However, there's no way to select text in a Boolean or class (controls, indicators nor constants).

So do these shortcuts work in a Boolean\class array? How?

Why don't the shortcuts work when you select the object instead of the content in the object?

Enum text can be selected, but the shortcuts don't work. In stead, the cursor is added to each element and it keeps coming back...: