This Quick Drop Keyboard Shortcut will convert certain classic/modern controls and indicators into their silver counterparts. As opposed to a standard 'Replace' operation, this shortcut attempts to preserve as many of the original control's properties as possible. The following control/indicator types are supported:Graphs and ChartsWaveform GraphWaveform ChartXY GraphIntensity GraphIntensity ChartDigital Waveform GraphMixed Signal Graph NumericsDigital Numeric ControlDigital Numeric Indicator StringsString ControlString Indicator Listboxes and TablesListboxMulticolumn ListboxTableBooleansBoolean Control (push button, OK button, cancel button, etc.)Boolean Indicator (round LED, square LED, etc.)Follow these instructions to install and use this shortcut:Copy the attached VI to your [LabVIEW Data]\Quick Drop Plugins folder. You may need to create that folder. Once you have done this, follow these steps to use this tool:On a front panel with a classic/modern control type listed above, select the control/indicator and press Ctrl-Space, followed by Ctrl-S. Your panel will now have a silver copy of the control/indicator you selected. For indicators, the new indicator will be connected to the same wire as the old indicator.For indicators, run the VI to ensure the appearance of the new silver indicator is appropriate. You may need to tweak certain settings (described below) in order to get the new indicator to look just right. Also keep in mind that if the diagram is doing any programmatic manipulation of the original indicator, that won't be reflected on the silver indicator at this time.Select the new silver control/indicator and press Ctrl-X to cut it to the clipboard.Select the old control/indicator and press Ctrl-V to paste-replace it with the silver version.Press Ctrl-B to remove any broken wires on the diagram from the removed terminal.Your VI should now run as before, but with a new silver control/indicator in place of the old one. Keep the following tips and caveats in mind when using this tool:You can select multiple controls/indicators to perform multiple conversions simultaneously, as long as all of the selected controls/indicator types are in the list of supported types listed above.The tool does not try to do much with object positions and size, as those settings will most likely need to be manually applied on a per-control basis given the variety of different sizes of control/indicator components between the classic, modern, and silver styles.The tool is unable to replicate multiple plot areas of Mixed Signal Graphs...this needs to be done manually.Graph annotations have a different default format and position on silver controls, so existing graph annotations may not be positioned properly on a silver graph after conversion.This shortcut works in LabVIEW 2012 and later.NOTE: If you need this tool to support additional control/indicator types, please leave a comment on this document below, including the control/indicator type, and the specific control/indicator properties you need the tool to copy over to a silver version.

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