LabVIEW Idea Exchange

Problem

I find myself wanting to Ctrl+Drag to add/remove diagram space INSIDE of a structure without actually resizing the structure itself AND without modifying any other frames – I just want to clean up the visible diagram that I am working on.

However, this is not how LabVIEW currently works – the structure itself is also resized, and the space within other frames of the structure are resized as well (outward/inward from the same point as the Ctrl+Drag action), which can mess up both the code in other frames as well as the code outside the structure.

Proposed Solutions

Option 1: Lock Structure Size Add the ability to lock the size of structures (or perhaps only lock them from growing during creating/removing space), so that I can use Ctrl+Drag to create/remove space without impacting the structure and the code around it. This would be similar to "Auto Grow" but would perhaps be an "Allow Grow" or "Lock Size" setting.

Option 2: Modifier Key Use the Shift modifier during Ctrl+Drag and Ctrl+Alt+Drag to NOT resize the containing structure. This would maintain backward compatibility while adding the new functionality.

Why This Matters

When working on complex VIs with multiple frames in structures, it's frustrating to have simple diagram space cleanup operations affect the entire structure and surrounding code. This feature would allow developers to better organize/tidy the code within individual frames without the ripple effect of resizing everything (in other frames and outside the structure).

I'm not sure if someone has requested it yet, but it would be very helpful if I could clear the probe watch window of the last retained values. This way I don't need to look at the timestamps and it will speed up the debugging.

En un mundo cambiante tecnológicamente, se requiere responder antes los nuevos retos tecnológicos y, en materia en intercomunicación de apps, estaría excelente contar con herramientas, (API, TOOLKIT etc.), fáciles de usar como se ha caracterizado LabVIEW, para poder comunicar y enviar la información que se genera por medio de LabVIEW a otros sistemas como SAP S4HANA ON Cloud, actualmente tenemos SAP S4HANA ON PREMISE y esta excelente, sin embargo, todo cambia y en algunos casos se vuelve un desafío el poder cambiar con transparencia y facilidad, estoy seguro que es posible desarrollar diversas herramientas que pueda compartir la información que se genera desde el hardware de NI, a cualquier otra plataforma que los diversos clientes requieran, en nube, dispositivos móviles etc.