Darren's Weekly Nugget 07/31/2006

[Darren]

Today's nugget is provided by Ben, who pointed out something in this thread that I previously did not know.  If you are entering text in the Icon Editor, you can use the arrow keys to re-position the text as you type it.  Prior to knowing this, I would always type in all my text, then select it with the Selection tool, then move it around with the arrow keys or mouse at that point.  Moving the text with the arrow keys as I type is much faster!

-D

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[Tom_W_[DE]]

Awesome feature- I came across it by accident a few months ago and use it almost daily now.  It seems like the little things always make a big difference- thanks for the heads up, Ben.

[Wiebe@CARYA]

That is great. Never knew that. Thanks Ben! You too, Darren.


"Darren" <x@no.email> wrote in message news:1154360410947-398351@exchange.ni.com...
Today's nugget is provided by <a href="http://forums.ni.com/ni/view_profile?user.id=9539" target="_blank">Ben</a>, who pointed out something in <a href="http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&amp;message.id=198093" target="_blank">this thread</a> that I previously did not know.&nbsp; If you are entering text in the Icon Editor, you can use the arrow keys to re-position the text as you type it.&nbsp; Prior to knowing this, I would always type in all my text, then select it with the Selection tool, then move it around with the arrow keys or mouse at that point.&nbsp; Moving the text with the arrow keys as I type is much faster!
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-D P.S. - Check out past nuggets <a href="http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=BreakPoint&amp;message.id=1669" target="_blank"> here</a>.

[falkpl]

This is one of my favorite features.

[Jonnie_5]

This and directly dragging pictures onto the icon (which auto sizes it) have been great additions to the icon editor.  Great heads up D!

[jasonhill]

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@Jonnie_5 wrote:
...directly dragging pictures onto the icon (which auto sizes it)...

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Great googly moogly.  I knew about the moving text thing, but the dragging pictures thing is new on me.  Interestingly, it only works on the icon, not the icon editor.  I regret that I only have 5 stars to give for this one.

Message Edited by jasonhill on 08-03-2006 10:16 AM

[Darren]

Looks like jasonhill needs to pay closer attention to my past nuggets.  🙂

-D

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