In Place Resize Outline

[FlamingYawn]

When you resize the In Place Structure (or any other structure) you see the marching ants resize square on the outside of the structure.   

Since elements of the In Place Structure are attached to the inside border of the structure, it would be nice to outline them as well for optimal resizing.

[JackDunaway]

Here's an Idea I've thought about posting, and I'll just piggyback on this one since it's somewhat related. It's more of an annoyance than and Idea, and some would call it expected behavior while some may want to CAR it as a bug.

It's tough to resize the IPE structure using the two middle resize handles when an IPE operation function is covering the handles. For instance: you can easily grab any of the four corner resize operations, but since the Unbundle/Bundle is "on top of" the resize handle, you cannot select it with your cursor. The resize selection goes from the IPE structure to either a resize on the Bundle, or the wiring tool on the output of the IPE:

Anyway, to the original idea, I give a small Kudos - I would like to see this feature if it is very easy to implement, but if it's a pain, it's not worth it to me.

[elset191]

I'd agree if the location of the bundle or whatever was unpredictable, and I needed to see where it was going to land.  Being that it always stays at the same height, I don't see why this should be implemented.

[FlamingYawn]

It's more the width that I find painful.  Whenever I size it down, I don't know if the bundle is going to cover my right-most code or not.

[Darren]

I like this idea.  Kudos for you.

As for Jack's question about the middle grab handle, I agree that it's a bug.  It was filed as a CAR a while back and closed as Not a Bug.  I reopened it on your behalf:  CAR# 41806.  We'll see where it goes from here.

-D

[Jim_Kring]

I'd Kudo this twice, if I could 🙂

Cheers,

[Intaris]

If we can simply post our wishes here I'd go a step further and include the outline of ALL nodes within the structure when resizing so that we can see what happens to the contents when we resize.

Why not just go the whole hog?

[Darren]

I agree...Event Structures, Timed Loops, Timed Sequences...any other structures that have things attached to their insides (or outsides) should show an outline of all "parts" when being resized.

-D

[dj3]

How about doing away with the clumsy box altogether and just having "In Place Element" as an option on the right click menu for any supported function with an indicator of some sort like a tick box on one corner.

[RavensFan]

Dj3,

I don't understand your comment as it relates to this idea.

[dj3]

I use a lot of clusters in some apps and using the in place element box can make the diagrams significantly larger and a bit unwieldy if you need to do some complex calculations. My idea is this:

right click on the increment icon:

Click on "Inline":

The box indicates that it is an inline operation so we also don't need to define the receiving cluster as labview knows that it is the same as the source cluster. The receiving cluster can now be placed where it is most convenient rather than being tied to the in place element box.