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Default property node label location?

Is there a way to set the default location of the label on a property node in the block diagaram?   I've searched and found the settings for control terminals, constants, indicators, and "other" in the Tools/Options/Block Diagram Tip Strips and Labeling window.  Seems to me that this should be an "other", but when I set it to Right-Top and do a cleanup on the highlighted selection, LV moves the labels back to the Left Top position.  Might I be missing something or is this just a glitch? (I'm running version 13.0f2)

 

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Chad

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Is there a way to set the default location of the label on a property node in the block diagaram?   I've searched and found the settings for control terminals, constants, indicators, and "other" in the Tools/Options/Block Diagram Tip Strips and Labeling window.  Seems to me that this should be an "other", but when I set it to Right-Top and do a cleanup on the highlighted selection, LV moves the labels back to the Left Top position.  Might I be missing something or is this just a glitch? (I'm running version 13.0f2)

 

Thanks!

 

Chad


Clean-up or, Ctrl+U, does not respect your LabVIEW.ini Options for label placement.

 

(I Know it should....Smiley Frustrated)

Its better to not need clean-up! and wire your code neatly to begin with.

 

 


"Should be" isn't "Is" -Jay
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For some odd reason mine does.  I had reset my control terminals label location from Left-Middle to Right-Middle and highlighed that portion and it moved all of the labels from L to R when I did a cleanup.  I didn't like it so I switched the options back to L-M and highlighted them again and did a cleanup, it moved them right back.  It's just the property node lables that will not stay where I put them no matter where I put them. 

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@JÞB wrote:

@chuggins1434 wrote:

Is there a way to set the default location of the label on a property node in the block diagaram?   I've searched and found the settings for control terminals, constants, indicators, and "other" in the Tools/Options/Block Diagram Tip Strips and Labeling window.  Seems to me that this should be an "other", but when I set it to Right-Top and do a cleanup on the highlighted selection, LV moves the labels back to the Left Top position.  Might I be missing something or is this just a glitch? (I'm running version 13.0f2)

 

Thanks!

 

Chad


Clean-up or, Ctrl+U, does not respect your LabVIEW.ini Options for label placement.

 

(I Know it should....Smiley Frustrated)

Its better to not need clean-up! and wire your code neatly to begin with.

 

 


Hmmm, I use the cleanup button to set labels to the settings I chose all the time.  I have LV 2013, so when I make a subVI from a piece of existing code, the terminal labels in the subVI are always massively screwed up.  I stick em in a one-frame sequence , select the sequence and do a cleanup.  The labels magically go where they belong.

 

[edit] I have my labels set up as controls to the left, indicators to the right.  (Center, I think.)[/edit]

 

And... yeah.  If the magic cleanup button makes your code look better, it's probably time to re-think your coding practices.  😉

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And... yeah.  If the magic cleanup button makes your code look better, it's probably time to re-think your coding practices.  😉


That gets a Kudos (and possibly an entry to LabVIEW Proverbs)


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And... yeah.  If the magic cleanup button makes your code look better, it's probably time to re-think your coding practices.  😉


That gets a Kudos (and possibly an entry to LabVIEW Proverbs)


"Should be" isn't "Is" -Jay
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@billko wrote:


Hmmm, I use the cleanup button to set labels to the settings I chose all the time.  I have LV 2013, so when I make a subVI from a piece of existing code, the terminal labels in the subVI are always massively screwed up.  I stick em in a one-frame sequence , select the sequence and do a cleanup.  The labels magically go where they belong.

 

[edit] I have my labels set up as controls to the left, indicators to the right.  (Center, I think.)[/edit]

 

And... yeah.  If the magic cleanup button makes your code look better, it's probably time to re-think your coding practices.  😉


You can also use the quick drop for that, ctrl+space and then ctrl+T.

 

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