case list dialog

[DanSome]

Case Structure chaos: I often have three or four cases per subdiagram, and especially when tied to an enum ring with actual phrases, I get the dreaded ellipses between cases:

 

Then I have no clue as to which cases are indicated by ellipses. An 'edit case' dialog would be really helpful, or at the very least, showing the entire case list for that sub-diagram when the text edit tool is placed in the text field.

thanks,

Dan

[smercurio_fc]

Previously suggested ideas:

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Case-Structure-Navigation/idi-p/1160707

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Structure-navigation-case-structure-event-structure-st...  (which contains links to 4 other ideas, including the aforementioned one)

Is your idea covered by one of these?

[crossrulz]

Duplicate of this idea:

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Case-structure-prevent-automatic-change-from-selector-...

[DanSome]

No, it's not the same as the ideas in the links provided by smercurio_fc.

Yes, it looks like the problem raised in the link provided by crossrulz is the same problem (it's not necessarily a contiguous range of values, so I hesitate to use the same terminology). I wouldn't be particularly interested in the solution suggested there. Long-term - add a real edit dialog. If that's a lot of work, then short term - display the ellipses normally, but revert to a full display of every case value when the text tool is in the list, maybe even when mousing over.

thanks!

Dan

[SteveChandler]

In the meantime you can use Jim Carmody's Case Select Tool

http://lavag.org/files/file/90-caseselect/

[Darren]

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