Need edit window for large string constants

[WG-]

Well as the title says...

In the string constant you are able to make a scrollbar visible but this is still inconvenient when only see 2 lines of your whole string when you have a string constant of 50 lines or so... and you 9 out 10 times you don't want to create a bigger field because it messes with your diagram.

Therefore a small popup with a only a large textfield would grately simplify things.

I came up with this idea when I was writing a error message and there wasn't much space to type the string in, I also had this, http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Need-Edit-Window-for-New-Cluster-Constants/idi-p/12082..., idea in my backhead.

What do you guys think?

[WG-]

Oh yes double clicking (is preferable I think) pthe string constant would open the popup.

[ASInc]

I'd like to see the ability to collapse string constants to an icon like we can in LV2010 with Clusters.  Strings for dialog-type messages and the like often take up inordinate amounts of BD space, and rarely do you need to view or edit them, its usually a constant into a one-button dialog, inside a case structure.  Double-clicking the icon-ized constant could open up a window with a nice big textarea control for editing. 

[WG-]

Now I think of it the same also counts for big array constants... Maybe there should be a list which should have the feature to collapse constants to a small icon;

- Cluster (already done)

- Array

- String

- ..?

I believe nothing else is needed... Those three elements take the largest space in blockdiagrams.

[Ray.R]

Kudos..

Totally agree that we need this feature

[Darren]

Duplicate of http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Collapse-Lengthy-String-Constants-to-an-Icon-like-LV-2...

[Darren]

The duplicate idea was implemented, and is available in LabVIEW 2012 and later.