Error cluster controls disabled by default

[Thoric]

I sometimes need to create Front Panels that are to be navigated by keyboard alone, which makes the tabbing order quite important. At this stage, I need to manually disable my error cluster controls otherwise they get included in the tabbing order list. Given my error cluster controls for any VI that shows its front panel will be moved out of the visible area, I need to ensure the operator cannot tab to them. Therefore, I would like to see error in clusters have their default Enabled State set to Disabled.

I don't think a change to the default enabled state property would cause any complications?

[tst]

While the vast majority of my UIs are not designed for keyboard navigation at all, I would agree that by default error clusters should not be part of the navigation.

That said, disabling them is not the correct thing to do. LV already has a property for skipping a control when tabbing, so the idea should be that this property will be set to T. This property is available today in the Key Navigation page of the properties dialog for the control.

[Thoric]

tst,

I couldn't agree more! I completely forgot about that option, so I would like to renege this Idea and replace it with a new one:

Error cluster controls "Skip when Tabbing" set to True by default

[MaryH]

Replaced with improved idea: http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Error-cluster-controls-quot-Skip-when-Tabbing-quot-set...

[Thoric]

Thank you Mary