The attached Quick Drop Keyboard Shortcut allows you to perform all the options in the right-click > Create... menu with your keyboard.  You can perform these operations with one or more objects selected.

Front Panel Controls and Indicators

1.  Select one or more front panel controls and/or indicators.

2.  Press Ctrl-Space.

3.  Type one of the following object names:  local, reference, property, invoke, control, indicator, constant.

4.  Press Ctrl-Shift-A.  The appropriate object will be created for each front panel control and/or indicator you selected, just as if you had right-clicked each object and chosen Create > [object].

Block Diagram Terminals, Constants, and Wires

1.  Select one or more block diagram terminals, constants, and/or wires.

2.  Press Ctrl-Space.

3.  Type one of the following object names:

• local, reference, property, invoke - Valid only for block diagram control terminals.
• control, indicator, constant - Valid for any block diagram terminal (control terminal, loop iteration terminal, etc.), constant, or wire.

4. Press Ctrl-A.  The appropriate object will be created for each block diagram object you selected, just as if you had right-clicked each object and chosen Create > [object].

Installation Instructions

Save a.vi in your [LabVIEW 2009]\resource\dialog\QuickDrop\plugins folder.  No LabVIEW restart is required.

Additional Notes

• There are a number of "shorthand" commands recognized for each object type.  For example, you could type ctl instead of control.  View the diagram of a.vi to see all supported shorthand commands (or add your own).