Case structure: easier selection for structures with a large number of cases

[ctenders]

[crossrulz]

Right-click on the Case Structure and there is an option to "Show Case".  This will open a pop up similar to QuickDrop allowing you to choose the case you want.  It is there at least in 2019.

[ctenders]

Right-click on the Case Structure with option "Show Case" shows a similar view as a direct click on the selector label. If the number of cases is high, you have to scroll.

[crossrulz]

Not quite.  It is similar to QuickDrop so you can type in the case you are looking for and it will filter the options for you.

[NickNZ]

I would like the case structure to handle items with a dot notation into a menu (and enums for that matter). I don't think this will conflict with the 10..20 range dot notation as this requires two dots. 

So could have an enum

0 Init.step1

1 Init.step2

2 Init.step3

3 Event.button1

4 Event.button2

5 Run

6 Stop

When selecting the enum items it can be configured to "parse items as submenu" rather than a list. 

And this can flow through to the case structure to enable handle dot notation as well. 

So enum above wired into the case structure turns into a submenu with 

init     > Step1

             Step2

             Step3

Event > button1

              button2

Run 

Stop

In use case above an auto-group function would be useful. 

So would have

808_ > 8080

            8081

             ...

            808F

807F

808_ > 8080

Question is how to auto break up the list - could be a bit tricky? 

If the enum has 

7 Init.Step4 defined later, it should also be grouped with the other "Init" steps. 

Can the code from here be leveraged?  - By grouping controls carefully (& some caveats) with the dot notation on FPGA it allows for a submenu. 

https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Group-FPGA-Controls-With-Dot-Naming/td-p/2767678?profile.language=e...

This post generated this idea which is the same problem in the FPGA space... grouping long lists to make them easier to use.

https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-FPGA-Idea-Exchange/Better-FPGA-FP-Control-Selection/idi-p/3074718

[AristosQueue (NI)]

NickNZ: Can you turn your post into a new Idea entry? It's related-but-independent of this idea since even a dotted list could conceivably have long sections, and such a change would probably affect the enum ring itself.

[NickNZ]

Done 🙂 

https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Dot-Notation-for-Auto-Submenus-for-Easier-Navigation-...