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Wolfgang

Smarter popup menu in the IDE

Hello,

 

right clicking in the source code brings up a popup menu, see below.

 

Some of its items are dimmed or adapted to the context. For example, 'Format File' versus 'Format Selection'. This is nice and as I would expect it for a context menu!

 

Unfortunately, there are some entries that are available even if they are more ore less superfluous.

 

For example, 'Edit DAQ task' shows up even if no DAQ is installed. Selecting this menu entry only shows 'This feature requires DAQmx' - so why not dim it if no DAQmx library is available?

 

The same is true for 'Edit IVI Specific Driver Attributes...' and the IVI library.

 

But also 'Recall Function Panel', 'Browse Identifier' and 'Find UI object' don't care about their context.

'Open Quoted Text' for example, does! (which is good)

 

So I would suggest to have the popup menu act more consistently and only provide commands that are meaningful.

 

Thanks

 

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JonathanN
NI Employee (retired)
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Jonathan N.
National Instruments