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Graph and key navigation

I need to create a LabVIEW 6.0.x application that you can control without a mouse. I have found a way to navigate through all UI items but one: a Graph Indicator with palette and cursors.
I do not know if LabVIEW allows to control the graph palette and the cursors using the keyboard instead of the mouse.
If no, are there any workarounds?
Can anyone help me please?
Thank you!
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I have actually tried working with this recently and, while there is no built-in functionality, there is quite a bit offered by property nodes. You could check for keyboard events and respond by using property nodes. For example, the Palette>>Active Tool property allows you to select which tool is currently selected, such as a particular zoom feature. You may want to try going at it from that angle.
J.R. Allen
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> I need to create a LabVIEW 6.0.x application that you can control
> without a mouse. I have found a way to navigate through all UI items
> but one: a Graph Indicator with palette and cursors.
> I do not know if LabVIEW allows to control the graph palette and the
> cursors using the keyboard instead of the mouse.
> If no, are there any workarounds?

The graph cursor legend and scale legend are arrays of clusters, and
cursor movement palette is a cluster of buttons. If you manage to get
the key focus into the control using a property node, then the rest
should work reasonably well. The graph plot legend and palette are a
bit more special and will not do key navigation as well. If needed, you
can have parallel Booleans or rings allowing access to these v
alues.

Hopefully this helps, if not, post more questions.
Greg McKaskle
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