Don't Delete My Elements when I change my cluster style

[Broken_Arrow]

See the picture below for an example of (what I consider to be) a frustrating "feature".

Why delete the elements? Keep the elements and the element style types as is, just convert my cluster to the new style type.

Arrays also do this, but since we tend to spend more time designing clusters, it's far more frustrating than arrays.

[altenbach]

Same for Radio Buttons: Create a modern radio button control and label the two items "alpha" and "beta". Now replace it with a system radiobutton control. Bam! The items are named again "Radio selection 1|2". 😞

[X.]

What about a "Modernize", "Silverize" or "Classicalize" Edit option? With a "Modernize All", etc, version of course, so this can be applied recursively to all components of the object.

Why not. Kudo if NI can implement that.

[Silver_Shaper]

Where is the Metoo Button, wants to click.

[RavensFan]

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 Sac wrote:  Where is the Metoo Button, wants to click

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You click the Kudo's arrow.  That is what increases the vote as something you want to see implemented.

[DanSome]

Changing a style can also kill associated property nodes, especially frustrating when you have a lot of them in your code, as I do for many graph controls!

[JÞB]

This came up again see here

First, I do not think we want to change the RCM "Replace", "Create", or "Advanced" functionality.  I would rather see a new RCM "Change Style" between "Create" and "Data Operations."   For obvious reasons the option should be "Disabled" if the object is Strictly TD'd and auto updating (except in the control editor itself where, It would make sense to change the Strict Type Def's appearence)

[gerh]

Just kudoed this idea.

It's merely annoying if a change of the design breaks the VI.

So, this idea should apply to all interchangeable objects, like controls/indicators with same datatype, containers and so on.

[Hooovahh]

I know the thread was linked to already, put to draw more attention to this I made a VI that should "Modernize" front panel contols in a VI.

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Replace-cluster-bug/m-p/3148093#M906580

It works with Clusters and arrays replacing them, and their contents.  The code could be modified to just replace the cluster or array style leaving its contents, but the intent for me was to use it on API VIs that never are seen by the user, so replacing them all with modern was what I wanted.

Still Kudo'd

[Darren]

National Instruments will not be implementing this idea. We have no plans at this time to add the ability to change the style of an existing cluster border. More broadly, we are still researching the idea of providing "skinning" capabilities to VI front panels to change the style of all controls and indicators between different themes.