Taskbar filenames

[Michael_Munroe · Accepted solution]

The second closest match to your description is my FREE Property Inspector 3.0 utility available on the LabVIEW Tools Network.  Here are some of the hundreds of features it includes:

1. Replacement for the LabVIEW Project Explorer window
2. Customizable display of up to 42 VI properties
3. Filter project view by 17 different item types
4. Compound project search by over 200 methods
5. Project sort by over 80 methods
6. Multi-select with different views
7. Open multiple front panel or just block diagrams in a single click
8. Close all selected windows all at once

In your situation you can search, sort or filter the project to view only the items you are working on.  Then select several VIs and open the block diagrams all at once.  Customize the PI3 settings so the VI Name is the first column.  This is the name without the library and lvclass prefixes.  Move the PI3 windows to the left edge of the monitor.  This will produce a shortened, customized list of windows that you are working on.  When you cannot find the window you need, just select it in PI3 and either open the front panel or the block diagram. If you don't change the selection in PI3, it will always reopen the same windows.  It will show a modified block diagram without loosing your changes.

Are you aware of the control-T shortcut to show FP and BD split screen on the main monitor?  My setup has 2 rows for the main monitor's taskbar and only 1 row for the second monitor.  Most of the other windows I push to the second monitor so my main 2 rows are all LabVIEW.

[wiebe@CARYA]

Despite all the workarounds, I agree with OP that useful taskbar names would be, well, useful.

[s.h._tech]

That looks really promising. I played around a little bit and I think it can increase my workflow when I can fully utilize it.

Thanks