Popout Create Menus.llb

[AristosQueue (NI)]

NOTE: This plugin is intended for use in LabVIEW 2015 through 2018. This functionality is already included in LabVIEW 2019 and later.

Author: Bob_Preis (NI)

This download is not so much a plug-in as a plug-out. It will add three menu items right at the top of the popup menu for creating indicators, controls and constants. These are the same as the built-in menu items (which is why their text is the same text instead of adding the word "Create" before them).

Attachement is saved in LabVIEW 2015. For install instructions, go here.

[Charles_CLA]

The only thing I would change before making this built-in would be to add the Create in front of them. I really don't understand why these options were ever moved to a flyout in the first place.

[Darren]

Yeah, this is probably my most commonly-used community shortcut. Unfortunately, we can't change the names with the current plugin mechanism because these are built-in menu items that we are just moving to a new place. Apparently we can't change the names of built-in items, we can only move them.

[Charles_CLA]

I was aware of that short-coming but per Stephen's instructions I was rating this a "4" because I would like NI move them back to the top-level menu by default. Anybody who wishes to add an extra flyout to one of the most repeated actions they do in LabVIEW could easily create a menu addin that would push this back to the create flyout. I just switched to LabVIEW 2016 last week (from 2013) and this is one of the most useful features I've found.

[littlesphaeroid]

This plugin is no longer needed. The Create control, indicator, and constant menu items are back at the top of the popup menu (LV2019 for me)!

[Darren]

Thanks for the reminder, @littlesphaeroid. I have updated the description of the plugin to mention this.