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Show subdiagram label and/or preview in Rearrange Cases window

Status: New

When using the Rearrange Cases window with a Type Specialization Structure, the case list only shows either Declined, Accepted or Ignored. This makes it difficult to know what cases are being reordered. Similar situations occur with a numeric case selector (just a list of numbers) and event cases (dynamic events with the duplicate default wire labels).

 

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This idea is to add the subdiagram label of a case next to each entry in the case list. This would add some context to each item, and make rearranging cases quicker and less error prone.

 

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Alternately (or in addition to the above) would be the ability to preview the contents of the selected case / subdiagram, much like the preview when selecting a dynamic dispatch VI in a class hierarchy. This would be useful for cases with no subdiagram label, or in the case of the type specialization structure, allow visual comparisons of which case should be evaluated in which order.

 

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2 Comments
wiebe@CARYA
Knight of NI

Duplicate: Allow to add a name to the type specialization structure subdiagrams - NI Community

 

"It would be very useful if we could either rename the case itself or at least show the subdiagram label in the rearrange dialogue box."

crossrulz
Knight of NI

Why limit this idea to just the Type Specialization Structure.  This would be useful for Case Structures and possibly even Event Structures.


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