Free Label Default Colors

[10Things_Rob]

I find it a problem that free labels by default have the same color as native functions; there is no visual distinction in meaning. Hence I always have to change my free label colors... and I expect a lot of people use color on their free labels to mean different things.

*** SUGGESTION/IDEA ***

I suggest allowing the user to set the default FG/BG color of free labels in the LabVIEW Options.

Perhaps a different setting for Front Panels and Block Diagrams would be appropriate; that also would eliminate the "use transparent free labels" option from the Block Diagram options.

*** Other Train of Thought: not a full idea yet ***

As an interesting follow-up to consider I also suggest considering the use cases for free labels. Perhaps there should be a way for the user to create different types of free labels and assign them default colors; if that were the case it would be cool to be able to seach for "High-Priority Labels" in all opan VIs....

[JackDunaway]

Your first Idea is *bleh* - kinda nice, but not a big deal enough to really care about.

The other train of thought is worth Kudos. Basically, be able to put multiple "tags" on a comment from a pre-defined pool of tags (Bug, Needs Work, initials for code ownership...) The ability to tag comments, comments with hyperlinks, and pop up comments (look at ohmmega's second cool illustration) would sure make navigating code easier, especially in multideveloper environments and with code reviews.

[crossrulz]

You should look into JKI's Right Click Framework and vugie's Label Manager plug-in.  It's not exactly what you are looking for, but it works wonderfully.

[Darren]

Any idea that has received less than 8 kudos within 8 years after posting will be automatically declined.