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Edjsch

Tab Control Run-Time Menu for Each Tab (page)

Submitted by Active Participant on ‎02-14-2011 11:05 AM 18 Comments (18 New)
Status: Declined
Moved to CAR database. CAR#285134

Currently (up through LV2010) the only run-time menu (RTM) available for a tab control is for the entire tab control, not for the individual pages (tabs). The right-click context menu (Description and Tip, Help, etc.) for each page only works at design time, not at run time. This is true of both the default or a custom RTM.

 

Why is it called a "run-time menu" if it doesn't work at run time? I consider this a bug, but it probably is just an oversight in the design. (I suppose that technically this is not a "bug" because I cannot find this feature, an RTM for each tab or page, documented.)

 

Anyone else think this a useful product improvement?

 

Ed S.

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Edjsch
Active Participant
Active Participant
‎02-15-2011 10:34 AM
‎02-15-2011 10:34 AM

Why was the status changed to "Declined"? That implies that the idea was not accepted as a useful/good idea. Shouldn't there be a status such as "Accepted" or "Up for Consideration"? (Or maybe the status should be "In Development"?)

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Mr.Mike
NI Employee (retired)
‎02-15-2011 10:45 AM
‎02-15-2011 10:45 AM

Declined is just the category we use for something that's a bug.  It's a great idea, but it doesn't really belong in the idea exchange beause it's actually a bug.  You can tell NI employees on the NI site because their theee-piece icon (to the left of their names) is blue instead of yellow

-- Mike
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Edjsch
Active Participant
Active Participant
‎02-15-2011 10:51 AM
‎02-15-2011 10:51 AM

Thanks! Some NI employees indicate that below their signature. I didn't know what the color of the 3-piece icon meant. Great. (What do the different shades of blue mean?)

 

And thanks for agreeing that it is a bug as opposed to "behavior not thought of".

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JackDunaway
Trusted Enthusiast
Trusted Enthusiast
‎02-15-2011 11:02 AM
‎02-15-2011 11:02 AM
@Edjsch wrote:
I searched in vain to find a web page devoted to bug reporting... Thanks for getting a CAR, but according to Ben's post there doesn't seem to be any way to track it.
@G-Money wrote:
Ben is correct that there is no easy way for customer's to track bug reports

Consider supporting an issue tracking system that has greater visibility/usability than the current CAR system. Smiley Wink

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AristosQueue (NI)
NI Employee (retired)
‎02-15-2011 02:05 PM
‎02-15-2011 02:05 PM
@Edjsch wrote:
Are you an NI employee?

Yes. Blue names on the forums are NI. Gray names are non-NI. And, yes, it can be a difference of opinion, but in this particular case, this certainly feels buggy -- there's unexpected behavior -- and it will get more attention as a CAR. As an idea, it is unlikely to ever get attention from a high number of kudos. As a CAR, it may get fixed in passing by the developer that owns that feature the next time that control gets worked on.

 

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AristosQueue (NI)
NI Employee (retired)
‎02-15-2011 02:10 PM
‎02-15-2011 02:10 PM

> Shouldn't there be a status such as "Accepted" or "Up for Consideration"?

 

There may be in the future, but your idea would still go to the Declined pile now that I moved to track it as a bug.

 

> three-piece icon

 

He means these: trusted_veteran.gif

 

Here is the explanation of the glyphs.

 

 

 

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Edjsch
Active Participant
Active Participant
‎02-15-2011 03:48 PM
‎02-15-2011 03:48 PM

Thanks. You guys are great. Kudos to you all.

 

On "is it a bug or not" question, it's amazing that such a simple issue about the tab control has been overlooked all this time! This is why "spontaneous order" works better than "central planning". Ha.

 

One more question: Will Aristos Queue (who created the CAR #285134) "report" this per the LabVIEW Wiki (LabVIEW Bug Reporting on the LabVIEW Wiki)?

 

Ed

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AristosQueue (NI)
NI Employee (retired)
‎02-15-2011 04:59 PM
‎02-15-2011 04:59 PM

> One more question: Will Aristos Queue (who created the CAR #285134) "report" this per the LabVIEW Wiki (LabVIEW Bug Reporting on the LabVIEW Wiki)?

 

No. Everything listed there is lead up to getting a CAR filed. This supercedes that, at least as far as NI is concerned. If you wish to report this on LAVA, go ahead.

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