Apparently inconsistent focus of ring and numeric indicator

[Wolfgang]

Hello,

setting a ring control and a numeric control to indicator mode results in two different (inconsistent) behaviors:

The numeric control can still be selected with the mouse and also shows this dashed focus line, while a ring control can not be selected (hence no copy and paste is possible) and also it does not show the focus line... As expected, I would prefer both controls behaving identical, because from a user perspective in indicator mode they can not be distinguished if they are not selected...

[Manuel_A.]

Hi Wolfgang,

I think this kind of behaviour is wanted for the different types of controls. You can select a Numeric control in the indicator mode but are not able to type anything. As for the ring control, or e.g. the list control; if you were actually able to select the control, you could also select the different items in the list or so it seems at last. So this behaviour in the indicator mode is the same for all controls where you have to choose the value you want by selecting it in the control. At all the controls where you have to type in values, you should be able to at least select them.

Maybe you can propose your idea of how this behaviour should be like here:

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabWindows-CVI-Idea-Exchange/idb-p/cviideas

I can understand that it looks better when all the controls behave the same way, but that would mean limiting it to selecting no controls in the indicator mode at all.

Best,

Manuel

[Wolfgang]

Hi Manuel,

Thanks for your comments!

The present situation is that it is possible to select and copy a number from a numeric control to the clipboard, while for the number displayed on a ring control it is not possible. In that sense I do not suggest disabling the selection of indicator controls, but instead allowing selecting and copying of other controls, too.

I can't tell if this is or should be the intended behavior as I do not know how native Windows controls behave... It's just from a user perspective that it is not obvious why from two numbers only one can be copied...

I'll follow your advice and propose it in the Idea Exchange,

Wolfgang