Better Palette Set Editor

[gb119]

The palette file editor is in desperate need of a make-over !

It shouldbe possible to:

1. Add libraries/classes/projects to a palette and create a whole tree of menus automatically
2. Edit individual vi icons as well as palette menu icons
3. Rename (i.e. Save As...) a palette file and have the refering links renamed optionally (a bit like the save as for a vi dialog).
4. Exclude files and directories according to user defineably patterns when synchronising to disk
5. Copy/Paste palette entries rather than just move them

Probably some other things, but that's good enough for starters.

[crelf]

Sounds like you want something like JKISoft's VIPM (VI Package Manager).  They created VIPM to handle all the stuff you want and more, so you don't have to 🙂

[gb119]

Indeed, but very reasonably, JKI want some money for this feature. Unfortunately, more of my hard-earned grant money than I can justify spending on fixing irritations and limitations in the LabVIEW IDE.

[X.]

I support this request.

Ideally, I would like to be able to grab any object (VI, function, etc) and drag and drop it into any of the palette "folders".

Moreover, I would like to have palette folders automatically open and reveal their underlying structure of objects/subpalettes if I hover over them long enough with the object I want to drop.

Then autosave this configuration.

The current approach is truly prehistoric 🙂 but could be preserved to allow associating a folder with a palette menu, etc...