Labview 2011 front panel controls are locked

[pmac]

I'm trying to edit a vi coded years ago by someone else in Labview 2011. I am unable to edit any of the front panel controls. If I select a single control all controls are selected.

Selecting "Operate>>Change to Edit Mode"  prompts a password dialog (I know the password). This gives me access to the block diagram and the ability to edit the block diagram but I'm still unable to edit any front panel controls. I'm sure there's a way to unlock the front panel controls but I just can't find  it.

Thank you for any suggestions,

pmac

[UliB]

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@pmac wrote:

I'm trying to edit a vi coded years ago by someone else in Labview 2011. I am unable to edit any of the front panel controls. If I select a single control all controls are selected.

Selecting "Operate>>Change to Edit Mode"  prompts a password dialog (I know the password). This gives me access to the block diagram and the ability to edit the block diagram but I'm still unable to edit any front panel controls. I'm sure there's a way to unlock the front panel controls but I just can't find  it.

Thank you for any suggestions,

pmac

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Are the controls grouped and/or locked?

See: https://www.ni.com/docs/en-US/bundle/labview/page/grouping-and-locking-objects.html 

[Bob_Schor]

I think @UliB has the solution.  I use grouping on my top-level VIs so I don't "mess up" the "Look and Feel" of the User Interface once I get it properly designed.  This is especially useful when putting code in sub-Panels (I often put a decoration around (or "under") the Front Panel (with possibly some controls I want to use for debugging outside the decoration), select the Decoration and its contents, and "Reorder/Group".  I then use an OpenG Application Control called "Fit VI Window to Largest Decoration" to make the Front Panel "snap to" the Decoration (which encloses "what I want to see") each time the program is run.

You can find the OpenG utilities using VIPM.  They've been around for at least 15 years, and continue to be quite useful.

Bob Schor