LabVIEW Idea Exchange

Editing the Font Styles and Size of a text, can't it be Simpler? rather than a lot of mouse clicks each time??

Many had suggested the use of Key board shortcuts, but it may be used for some other things. But Why shouldnt we use a dialogue box instead?

The problem is lot of mouse clicks to go to Dialogue font, Styles/size and then to the respective selection like,

The Key board shortcuts are being used for other functions., But Why shouldnt we have solution like this??

I am not sure whether it can be done or someone already suggested., but i didnt come accross anything like this when i searched for.

Thank You..

This drives me crazy...  I've noticed that if I have some code on my block diagram (or controls on my front panel) the scroll bars indicate that there is more stuff outside the view of the window that can't be seen.  It would be nice if the scroll bars only activated if there was actually code outside of the screen to be found.  Every time I see this, my OCD kicks in and makes me try to move my diagram to show the hidden code, only to realize that LabVIEW is just messing with me...

Of course an image is worth 1024 words..

This is a really basic thing, but it would be helpful if the qualified name (as seen in VI Properties) was enabled so it could be copy and pasted into documentation.

When I'm writing detailed documentation to tell other developers how the software works I often use the qualified name as opposed to VI name. For example "Send Creep Command.vi" doesn't tell the developer where to find it, but "Motion Control UI.lvlib:Motion Card 2 Data.lvclass:Send Creep Command.vi" does.

I would be happy with the string being enabled (so it can be selected and copied), or a button that copies the string into clipboard.

It'd be usefull for develloper and especially application user to improve graph control by adding to Graph direct access to Plot Visible property on plot legend.

For the time being, you have to go to color and choose transparent or to change visible property dynamically.

I propose control like that ... but we could find another idea to access Visible property.

It would be nice if you could change a selected font style by using the standard windows (MS office) shortcuts, such as CTRL-B for bold and CTRL-U for underline.  This would save many mouse clicks.

I realize that many people don't use Windows, so maybe it could be customized in the .ini file or would be dependent on what OS your are running.

Since most (if not all) controls and indicators can be moved around with "position" property node programatically, the X and Y coordinates on the front panel are useful information to have.

As of right now, users have to adjust the position values by trial and error to know what values suit the UI, or maybe make a program to capture the mouse position programatically.

So I've been getting feedbacks from customer about a function where one can view the coordinates of the mouse all of the time. (meaning no programming is necessary)

I was thinking about two methods (see attached)

1. Show coordinates along with the mouse

2. Show coordinates at the bottom of the pane

Thanks,

For example, when you probe an array, the "Probe Display" only shows the first value of the array. A lot of times, I would like to see a few elements in the array, somewhat like resizing arrays on the front panel. This would be useful for strings, numerics, and clusters as well.

Current:

Suggested:

Currently (in LabVIEW 2010), you can add labels to wires. Hurray!!

But it's painful. Boooo!

Curently => Right-Click wire, navigate to sub-menu of Show>>Label

It should be as easy as adding free text to block diagrams or front panels. For example: If your auto-tool is on then just double-click on freespace to add text.

So we should make it just as easy to add labels to wires:

• Step 1: Single-Select Wire
• Step 2: Start Typing
• Step 3: Profits!