Make default type of new controls: Type def

[Mathis_B]

This is minor one but it bugs me every time.

I create a new control and forget to change the type from "Control" to "Type Def.".

If I'm lucky I spot it after I drop it for the first time on the BD but sometimes I have to replace quite a few instances after I spot the error.

While there might be usecases for a custom control without it being a type def I think that most users want to use type defs when using custom controls.

Therefore please make the default type of new controls "Type Def."

[AristosQueue (NI)]

When R&D added the "Make Type Def." shortcut menu item, we had this discussion. We decided to not change the default setting of new controls. Changing that default would have ramifications for scripting code that today relies on new control VIs being just scratch pads for constructing controls, and we would prefer that the scripting default and the manual default be the same. The need to directly create new control VIs was (in our opinion) largely negated by the creation of the "Make Type Def." shortcut menu item, which many users told us they prefer to use instead of ever opening the control editor. If you create your type directly on your diagram/panel, the "Make Type Def." menu item does create a new CTL that is already set to being a Type Def.

Having said that... if this idea gets enough kudos, we would reconsider the question.

[X.]

Add a LabVIEW option "make all new created controls/indicators type def"

Why do I know the answer to that suggestion?

[crossrulz]

You know because you have been repeatedly told the answer: we want to avoid any more options.

[Mathis_B]

I have gone off creating type defs from the BD. They always get created on the top level of the project and not as part of the lvlib I'm currently working on. That means that I have to move it in the project and apply the the lvlib icon overlay. It's easier and quicker to create it immediately where I want it in the project and then just pull it onto the BD.

[AristosQueue (NI)]

Mathis_B: I have filed CAR 511304 to get the typedef ownership set the same way that the "Create SubVI From Selection" is set.

[fabric]

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@AristosQueue (NI) wrote:

CAR 511304

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Nice! 

[Darren]

This functionality is available in LabVIEW 2018 and later. The right-click > New menu in the Project Window provides an option for Type Definition instead of Control. There is also a new Type Definition entry available in the File > New... dialog.