Newly created VI's follow convention of opened VI's in Windows window ordering

[Ben_Phillips]

When you open an existing VI, the FP is linked with Windows as the window before the BD.  When you create a new VI, this is reversed.

It sounds nitpicky, but it can slow me down a little bit when I have 20+ VI's open.

I actually immediately save and close a VI every time I create one because of this, and then re-open to get the ordering I want.

[dthor]

I agree that both methods should result in the same ordering. When a new VI is created, the Front Panel and the Block Diagram are both opened (with the BD being opened "first"). When a subVI is opened, only the Front panel is opened. The user must press CTRL+E (or whichever method is preferred) to open the block diagram, putting the BD 2nd on the Windows task bar.

New VI:

Opened VI (with BD opened after the VI):

Opening a new VI should open the front panel first and the block diagram second. I'd like the focus to stay on the front panel though:

1. Open FP

2. Open BD (by windows default, takes focus)

3. Set focus to FP

[Darren]

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