key events in a subpanel

[David Moerman]

Today I was trying to get the "Advanced >> Key Navigation" feature working on a VI within a sub-panel.  It didn't work at all.  I also checked out the VI's "key down" event to get a sense of what happens inside a subpanel.  It seems this event only occurs if the key focus is set within a control (e.g. the flashing cursor is showing in a text or numeric contol).  It won't happen for something like a "tab" keypress (in fact, it seems there is no way to tab between controls within a subpanel - all the tabbing happens in the parent VI).

I would really like to be able to use keys within my subpanel.  Is there any way to do this?

Thanks,

David Moerman
TruView Technology Integration Ltd.

[Wendy L]

Hello David,

This is a known issue, so I would suggest taking a look at the following thread which suggests a few workarounds that involves putting "the hot control on the main panel, catch the key there, and respond by programmatically toggling the appropriate control in the subpanel to get the desired behavior."

Hope that helps.