xcontrol property separators

[JimboH]

Has anyone figured out how to insert non-functional separators into an xcontrol property list?  Hyphens -, cause the separator to show up, but when expanding the property node (by dragging down) the "dummy" property, whos localized long name has the hyphen in it, still shows up, even though it can't be selected from the list.

As an added note, I discovered that leading spaces in the long name seem to get trimmed in the display, but can be used to shift the order of property displays.

[Andy_C.]

Hello JimboH,

Which version of LabVIEW are you working with? Could you provide a screen shot of your project tree to demonstrate what you are seeing?

Thanks!

[TheQ]

Thanks.  Found it works with Class properties as well.  You have to create dummy Property Definition Folders and property VIs to do it though.

[tst]

I would suggest you consider not doing this. In principle, the separators mark where properties from different classes (different levels in the inheritence tree) come from. If you add fake ones, people who know this might think you have more layers in your hierarchy than you actually have. This isn't necessarily bad, but it is a point to consider.

If you have too many properties, you might consider putting them in nested menus (which I believe you can do by adding a colon to one of the name properties of the method in the class properties dialog).

[TheQ]

True. I wouldn't do it normally because of what was stated about inheritance and class hierarchy.

Where I needed it was when I have properties for the whole cluster and the individual elements of the cluster. I group them in a nested menu with "All Elements" (the whole cluster) on the top. Then I put in one of these seperators and finally the individual elements. It shows this way in the properties that are accessed through the VI Server.