LV2017 Indicators are labeled as controls

[RTSLVU]

I am not sure when this started but when I right click on an object and select "create indicator" it creates an indicator but labels it a "control".

Sure I am going to rename it anyway but for quick code checks it's nice to have it say what it really is.

[Jacobson]

Are you seeing this for every item or just for the iteration terminal? I remember there being a bug report specifically for the iteration terminal.

[RTSLVU]

This happens with numeric constants.

1. Place a numeric constant on the block diagram,
2. right click and select "Change To Indicator"
3. It changes it to an indicator, but labeled as a control.

[Jacobson]

I wouldn't expect that change to indicator changes the name of the control after you place it. Was that different in another version?

[RTSLVU]

LabVIEW 2017.

I placed a numeric constant and selected change to indicator, not a control.

[deceased]

In earlier versions, a numeric constant would have no label, but change to control or indicator and it would be labelled "Numeric".

0xDEAD

[RTSLVU]

Maybe it's if the object in question is not labeled, changing it to or say popping up on the terminal of a sub-vi and selecting "create indicator" creates an indicator but labels it a control.

I will do some further testing

[RTSLVU]

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@RTSLVU wrote:

Maybe it's if the object in question is not labeled, changing it to or say popping up on the terminal of a sub-vi and selecting "create indicator" creates an indicator but labels it a control.

I will do some further testing

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Okay it seems that it only happens on the iteration terminal and when changing an unlabeled Numeric Constant to an indicator.

I think I found a bug...

[RTSLVU]

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@RTSLVU wrote:

This happens with numeric constants.

1. Place a numeric constant on the block diagram,
2. right click and select "Change To Indicator"
3. It changes it to an indicator, but labeled as a control.

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I just checked in LabVIEW 2016, 2015, 2014, and 2013 does the same thing.

Am I wrong in thinking that when you select a numeric constant and  "Change to Indicator" the default label for that numeric indicator would be "Numeric Indicator" not "Numeric Control"?

But it seems like it has been this way for a very long time.

[deceased]

Out of interest, what is your default style for new controls?