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SteenSchmidt

Add ellipsis to long enum/text ring selection values

Status: New

Hi.

 

I suggest an ellipsis be added to long enum or text ring values if they don't fit in the control. As it is today long values are line-breaked at last fitting hyphen (for instance):

 

EnumLongSelect.png --> EnumSnippedSelect.png

 

Instead I'd like as much text as possible to be displayed with an ellipsis at the end. The above example would then become:

 

EnumEllipsisSelect.png

 

Cheers,

Steen

CLA, CTA, CLED & LabVIEW Champion
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SteenSchmidt
Trusted Enthusiast

I'd like a more optimum default handling of long values more than setting a LV preference, since I'd often be interested in different settings for different controls. In the case where I'd be interested in setting an enum to display the right end of the value, with an ellipsis at the left end, I wouldn't want to set all strings in my UI to display like that.

 

So, I find a great default behavior combined with a way to change one or two controls better than setting yet a LV preference.

 

Cheers,

Steen

CLA, CTA, CLED & LabVIEW Champion