Improving grab and move behavior of the While Loop Conditional Terminal

[Chris_H1]

Perhaps it is just me, but placing the pointer on the outermost pixels of a boolean constant in order to move it can be mildly annoying as instead the "hand" will appear and I end up toggling the boolean rather than moving it.  I now have the habit of "click, drag, encompass" the boolean in order to select it prior to moving it.  Once selected the pointer stays as the pointer no matter where it is on the boolean constant.  Not the best solution but workable.  However, what annoys me even more is that the While Loop Conditional Terminal does not behave the same way when selected!  By that I mean the "hand" tool will appear and allow you to accidentally toggle your "Stop if True" condition to a "Stop if False" even if the Conditional Terminal is selected! 

I would like a selected While Loop Conditional Terminal to behave like a selected boolean constant such that the pointer stays the pointer while hovering over it, making it easier to grab and move.  Thanks!

[elset191]

A related idea: Lock block diagram object from acciental editing

Specifically, see the comments, starting with Altenbach's.

[Chris_H1]

Thanks, elset191!  You are right, Altenbach directs the discussion thread into the "general use" case and I think ultimately everyone involved comes up with a great idea.  I have had (and still have) every one of these little "single mouse click" annoyances happen to me on a semi-regular basis.  I like the idea of being able to "lock" the displayed state of a constant, whether boolean, conditional, enum, array, etc.

[johnsold]

This is one of the reasons I have never been able to get comfortable using the auto tool selection.  With auto tool off this is not an issue.

Lynn

[Manzolli]

Sometimes this behavior bugs me also. There are two workarounds that I use:

1) Patiently move the mouse until the pointer becomes an arrow.

2) Press "Shift" to lock the tool in "Position/Size/Select" (arrow). The only problem is that you will be able to move only in one direction, horizontally or vertically. This actually can be a good thing.

[elset191]

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@Manzoli wrote:
2) Press "Shift" to lock the tool in "Position/Size/Select" (arrow). The only problem is that you will be able to move only in one direction, horizontally or vertically. This actually can be a good thing

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If you shift+click to select it, then you can simply click+drag it without worrying about your tool, with no restrictions on direction

[Manzolli]

Thanks elset191, good to know!