Quick Drop Enthusiasts
Quick Drop Plugin: Add labels to blockdiagram elements
A LabVIEW Quick-Drop (QD) plug-in to easily add or remove labels to blockdiagram elements.
Installation
Place the Add Labels.vi file in your <LabVIEW>\resource\dialog\QuickDrop\plugins folder.
Usage
This quick-drop plug-in works only in the block diagram.
Add or remove a label to SubVIs
Select a SubVI within a blockdiagram.
Press Ctrl+Space and Ctrl+Q to add a label to a SubVI. For removing the label press Ctrl+Spaceand Ctrl+Shift+Q.
Add or remove a subdiagram label to a structure element
Select a structure element within a blockdiagram. Press Ctrl+Space and Ctrl+Qto add a subdiagram label to the structure element. For removing the label press Ctrl+Spaceand Ctrl+Shift+Q.
Add or remove a label to a wire
Select a wire. Press Ctrl+Space to open the quick drop. Insert a label text to the input field. Press Ctrl+Q to add the inserted label to the wire. The plug-in will add >> before and after the label text. For removing the label press Ctrl+Spaceand Ctrl+Shift+Q. If you want to add the removed label again press Ctrl+Space and Ctrl+Q.
The animated GIF below show the three possible options of the plugin:
- Add/Remove a label to a SubVI.
- Add/Remove a subdiagram label to a structure element.
- Add/Remove a label to a wire
- Show again an already set wire label
It is also possible to select more than one element within a blockdiagram. Therefore the appropriate label will be added to the selected elements.
Hints
The plug-in is developed in LabVIEW 2016. If you have an older version of LabView you have to save the provided project to this older version by yourself.
The source code of the project can be found on Github.
If you find some bugs, have questions or other comments please feel free to reply.
