Assign ENTER key to execute tabbing order jumps

[intvsteve]

LabVIEW has always treated <Return> separately from <Enter> -- as long as I can remember, at least. (This is since 2.2.1.) OK, at least internally. 😉 You're right -- up to and including 7.1, we collapsed these two into <Enter> for the diagram event structure. We fixed that in 8.0. In 7.1, you can check the 'Num Pad' value in the 'Mods' part of the Key Down? filter event's data to distinguish them.

Historically, the numeric keypad's <Enter> key has ended text entry in any control, including string controls. The <Return> key (as in, above the Shift key on most keyboards) enters a newline in string controls. Someplace in the preferences you can alter that behavior to make the <Return> key also end text entry.

For your situation, perhaps you can modify 'Shift+Enter' (not on numeric keypad) to be a 'normal' <enter> to allow multiline text entry -- though you'd have to train your users to remember that -- if they needed it.

Message Edited by intvsteve on 05-23-2007 08:46 AM

[smercurio_fc]

Gurdas, in response to your follow-up question, how you do it depends on the software you get. Some are script-driven so you can use System Exec to call them. Others have an ActiveX interface. Others are tray-based. If you want to pursue this option, just go onto Google and do a search and you'll come across a number of them.