LabVIEW Idea Exchange
Occasionally, we want to defer panel updates and most often it is just the current front panel. Unfortunately, the defer property node absolutely requires a wired reference to the panel.
In the past it always took me quite a while with many dead ends to get it right. For example, one might try to do the obvious and "right-click...link to..Panel", but that does not work! I challenge anyone to get that panel reference in under 60 seconds starting with a generic property node from the palette. Just try! (Hint. After selecting the right class (VI Server...VI...VI), the drop down lists it as "Front Panel" and not "Panel".)
The idea would be to allow defer nodes without a wired panel reference and they would just act on the current front panel and not break the VI.
Note that the panel reference defaults to the current VI and does not require a reference, so why can't the defer node do the same?
(Note that we also have this old idea, which would simplify things...)
