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So we have the setup, main and cleanup step groups in the sequence view which is fine, and they're collapsable which means if you're working in Main you don't get a screenfull of Setup above you.

We also have block sections that you can associate with step types to provide indentations making navigation easier.

What I'd like to see is the ability to create a collapsible section (so a sub sequence call is NOT what I'm talking about).

For times when a sub sequence call is not necessary, we should be able to insert a block section that is collapsable purely for visual appeal.

It makes long sequences easier to navigate. This would be a visual implementation modification on how we show block sections (so collapse versus indent).

Thoughts?

Thanks
Sacha

Even though we already have an About box for TestStand, it would also be nice to have one for the active TestSequence file as well. The Help menu would have a new item called "About MySequenceFile ...".

MySequenceFile About box splash screen:

The information in this screen should be loaded directly from a single FileGlobal string whenever a sequence file is made active. This can probably be done already by those that know how, but it should be already part of TestStand by default.

Eugene

Everyone should be familiar with the Sequences pane. In it, we get fancy icons for certain callbacks, but I'd also like each sequence reveal more information about the sequence's settings, and my first thought was to use helpful overlays for the icon. If you take a peek in the Sequence Properties dialog, you'll see there's three different tickboxes there that (can) radically change how a sequence executes. Unfortunately, I don't have any awesome ideas on how these could be presented (especially all at once) - it'd be pretty tough to fit all that discernably into a 16x16 icon. Both Comments and Requirements are visualized clearly, but I would just as soon trade the Comment column for a way to display these settings.

 I'd be even more thrilled if the SequenceCall step type could also find some visual way to display this information, but I guess we should probably take this a step at a time 😉

I upgraded from TestStand 2019 SP1 to TestStand 2024 Q4 and the UI looks really bad, with black and white theme with icons not recognizable and hard to look at for longer periods.

1) Please add function to have themes for TestStand like Visual Studio, some examples:
Dark theme
Classic theme (Older version of TestStand)

2) Make it easier for users to change the UI and function to zoom in/out in TestStand (like it´s possible in newer versions of LabView).

Iam thinking about expressions field should have zoom in/out function.

3) Change it back how it was for showing Sequences and Variables (TestStand).
It´s not better to show only one or the other. I would like both to be shown at the same time as it was in previous TestStand versions.

Hi there,

When using the Find/Replace dialog in TestStand, it would be nice to have a checkbox under "Elements to Search" that allows the user to choose whether or not to include sequence file attributes in the the results. I guess I could put together a regex to accomplish what I need to, but a checkbox would be nice.

Why am I asking for this?

I'm used to quickly working my way through find results by using the CTRL+G / CTRL+Shift+G shortcuts. When I hit one of these attributes there's about a 4 second delay before the sequence file attributes dialog opens. This is super annoying in the workflow of the find results, and the vast majority of the time I'm not interested in searching the ignored Sequence Analyzer messages.

Thanks,

Mr. Jim

- Disabling the editing of text in the response text box of a message popup step.

- Ability to include various fonts in the message popup rather than one overall font for everything...