Replace Menu Improvement

[10Things_Rob]

I have seen some ideas relating to Replacing VIs, but I haven't found this exact one...

When I think of replacing, I think of the top use cases. One of the ideas I saw related to the class of a VI, that's a common use case. Other Ideas related to performing repeated replaces. That's another common one. And another common use case is replacing with a VI from the project that is not on the template.

My idea is to group all of the common use cases on the top-level flyout. IMO, Select a VI... should be the #1 item, then come the palettes and Class VIs (not pictured) and finally a list of the last N VIs that were selected for replacement.

I think that this would make a lot of our lives easier.

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[jmorris]

While the more "recently selected" menus we have, the more LabVIEW's memory requirements will increase, I still think this would be useful enough to justify it.  However, the top item should still be in my opinion the palette from which the selected item came; that definitely describes my most common usage scenario (i.e., if I'm replacing an Add VI, it's usually with something like a Subtract VI, not a custom VI).  That said, if what I'm replacing is a custom VI, of course "Select a VI..." should be the top item!  

-Joe

[David S.]

I will agree with this idea so far as "Select a VI..." should be at the of the palette or in the first context menu for "Replace". In fact, in every version of LV on my system I take the time to rearrange my palette to put it there. It pays off a hundredfold when refactoring code!

[fabric]

Another vote to move "Select a VI..." up a level.

The "recently selected" items would be handy, but not essential for me...

[altenbach]

This idea should probably be merged with this one from mid-2009:

More options for the "right-click...replace" menu

My old idea seems to have everything except the "recently selected". However, "VIs in memory" comes close as a way to narrow the selection.

[Andi_S]

http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/More-comfortable-context-menu-for-replacing-VIs-and-co...