Use alternative block diagram data type colors?

[X.]

LabVIEW 2016 Options window offer this new option:

The Help file however, doesn't document it, and I was unable to find any place in the options window where alternative block diagram data type colors could be defined.

Any explanation would be welcome.

[Bob_Schor]

Well, if you have LabVIEW 2016, why not check that box, restart LabVIEW, and do some sleuthing?  [I presume you looked in the Help files ...]  I'm wondering if this means that Integers will be Orange and Floats dark blue ...  [I certainly hope not!]

Bob Schor

[X.]

I tried but couldn't figure out how this works.

Hence my question.

[billko]

Maybe it's for us colorblind people?

[Matthew_Kelton · Accepted solution]

I didn't drop every possible thing, but it looks like the decimal color is definitely changed, and it appears the real colors have changed, too.  I am color blind, so am not entirely sure if the other basic items have changed.

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[X.]

Good catch. I didn't think of trying out on a diagram... I was kind of expecting that the user would be given a chance to define his/her own color palette.

Refnums, paths and variant also appear different as well. I suppose others do too. I am not sure what the gain is supposed to be. I am not color blind and I don't quite see the point. But then most of my diagrams have a yellowish background...

[billko]

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@Matthew_Kelton wrote:

I didn't drop every possible thing, but it looks like the decimal color is definitely changed, and it appears the real colors have changed, too.  I am color blind, so am not entirely sure if the other basic items have changed.

Option OFF:
Option ON: 

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I am colorblind, also - but I don't see any obvious advantages for me, either.

[X.]

I think that looking at this page I mentioned in another post gives some hint as to where NI is going with this option...

http://www.ni.com/documentation/en/tech-preview/latest/node-ref/constants/

[billko]

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@X. wrote:

I think that looking at this page I mentioned in another post gives some hint as to where NI is going with this option...

http://www.ni.com/documentation/en/tech-preview/latest/node-ref/constants/

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Thanks for the link - and I gotta say, "ewww".  So it's not only the forum that's getting butt-ugly.  😉

[Matthew_Kelton]

With the list of community suggested improvements, not to mention the need to overhaul the front panel graphics, surely NI engineers can find something better to do with their time than to revamp the block diagram look and feel.  I realize I spend most of my time on the block diagram, but my customers don't.

Not to mention it looks like it will be more space greedy, a major reason I avoid the Silver Pallette.