Selecting a front panel control should highlight a terminal

[efarr]

I inherited lots of VIs with complicated terminal connectors. It is a challenge to determine which terminal is associated with a given control. 

Why not highlight the associated terminal when a front panel control has been selected?

In other words, currently when I select a terminal, the corresponding control is highlighted. I'm proposing that it should also work the other way -- when I select a control, the corresponding terminal gets highlighted. 

I have just figured out a workaround, but it's clumsy. I can temporarily delete the control, observe which terminal goes white, and then immediately restore it with Control Z. But my proposed solution would be cleaner. 

Thanks

[fabric]

Nice idea. I've wanted this before too!

[dan_u]

Double-clicking a terminal highlights the control and vice versa. No need to delete the control.

[fabric]

dan_u:  It's the connector pane terminal 

Perhaps that wasn't so clear from the title...

[PaulG.]

This is one of those "I'm surprised this hasn't been suggested before" ideas. 

[efarr]

Yes, I was referring to the connector pane terminal. Sorry I was unclear. 

[crossrulz]

It only makes sense.  We already have the opposite (select the connector terminal and the control/indicator is selected).

[Darin.K]

If you turn off the autotool and select a control or indicator with the wiring tool you will highlight the terminal in the ConPane.

[Rafal_Kor]

this is such an obvious feature to have that it should've been there from the very beginning.

[X.]

Similar to the comment at the end of this idea, but in fact, identical to this earlier idea.

You may also want to read this idea for a more ambitious suggestion.

All (and more) are easily found with a search for "connector pane" in the Idea Exchange.

As an excuse for the original poster, this might not have worked that well in 2012...

[Darren]

Duplicate of http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Connector-Pane-Show-position-of-selected-controls-indi...