Bring Web UI Builder features into LabVIEW

[remywizard]

I just took a look at the LabVIEW Web UI Builder and was very impressed with the way it lets you buy a UI. I started to become very jealous and wondered why core LabVIEW does not have these features. A couple that I first noticed was when placing a button alignment lines were drawn so you can properly align with current objects on the front panel. Another cool feature was on the block diagram and along the top the properties of the currently selected item shows up to allow quick easy editing.

There was all kinds of great features this had that make builder a great UI that really need to be in LabVIEW. I have been wishing for something like this to come out in a future version and seeing this gives me hope.

Another great feature this has was having the palette docked on the left side so you can easily see and drag everything onto the panel.

[AristosQueue (NI)]

> R&D needs to start with the realization that posted requests to overhaul the UI design tools in LabVIEW will not embody a specification for new functionality.

Acknowledged. And, believe it or not, that is in progress. But if you have something that you want sooner than later, that's worth filing as a specific Idea. We can adjust our development strategy for the complete UI rework to make some things higher priority, provided they don't have other dependencies. When I said this over-broad suggestion has no value, it's because we already know the UI needs attention. The specific suggestions can help us prioritize.