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IlluminatedG

Option to only Apply Icon To VIs for VIs with an existing NI_Library layer

Status: New

Particularly for refactoring code, it would be nice to have a way to only apply changes to re-parented items if they already have a library/class layer in their icon. With other smaller utility VIs, using the Apply Icon To VIs action causes the layer to be added and then I have to go through and eliminate the created layer so the icons look correct again. I'm fine with that as the default behavior but I'd like to have an option to only update icons that already have the NI_Library icon layer for these kind of updates.

~ The wizard formerly known as DerrickB ~
Gradatim Ferociter
3 Comments
_carl
Member

I've always found myself wanting the opposite: only update the VIs that haven't had their icons updated yet, so that the rest of mine don't get needlessly resaved.

 

(use case: ctrl + space, ctrl + k works great until you're looking at a polymorphic VI...)

raphschru
Active Participant

For small utility VIs inside libraries, I usually just make the "NI_Library" layer invisible, so that it doesn't bother me ever again, even when reapplying the library icon.

IlluminatedG
Active Participant

*facepalm* Thanks for that raphschru. That's what I'll do now heh

~ The wizard formerly known as DerrickB ~
Gradatim Ferociter