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DanyAllard

Change the VI Properties Dialog

Status: New

Change the VI Properties Dialog to be able to reach the desired option with a single click, Instead of using the drop down menu.

 

It will be more clear and fast to access properties. 

 

VI Properties.png

 

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4 Comments
JackDunaway
Trusted Enthusiast

Dany, you have come up with some thoughtful improvements! I consistently find myself toggling between execution, window size, run-time position, and documentation, and this would make that navigation MUCH easier.

smmarlow
Member

Kudos!  I was going to post this idea today, but found this old post and didn't want to duplicate.  I think changing the dialog to make it the same or similar to the LabVIEW options dialog is a very good idea.  In the process, the number of categories could be reduced.  For example, with a larger dialog, all of the windows properties should easily fit on a single page.

 

Also, with so many window options, perhaps a menu for selecting saved window configurations?  The window configuration selector would come with "Dialog", "Application", etc,. out of the box.

 

 

VIproperties.png

 

PaulG.
Active Participant

Making UI's more consistent always makes life easier. Great idea.

PaulG.

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AristosQueue (NI)
NI Employee (retired)

There is a duplicate of this idea that quickly got 40+ kudos. Not sure how many of those are duplicates, but this idea clearly causes some excitement:

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Option-Dialog-like-VI-Properties-Dialog/idc-p/2149736#...