Diagram bookmarks

[PJS]

Bookmarks or Hot spots in diagrams. Frequently queued message architecture has lots and lots of states (see my next wish). I would love to be able to set a bookmark, hotspot, hyperlink and have a floating palette that allows me to one touch navigate centered on that section. Please do not forget the back! Yes, I know I can set a discrete text tag down and use the find, but that is a crippled work around at best and I get no back.

[Mike Ashe]

I asked NI for a programmatic interface into the Find dialog several times in the past few years. That would let us develop what you are asking for.

[Louis Manfredi]

I heartily agree-- and we should be able to seach for bookmarks in all vis in memory, not just one.

(A kludgey trick I use to partly substitute for the "back" button: If I'm working on something that has a run arrow, or only a few errors, I'll plant an unwired add in a spot to which I plan to return. Then all I have to do is click on the broken arrow, and select that add from the list to get back to where I was.)

Regards, Louis

[Mike Ashe]

I think we might be able to make a workaround tool using scripting.

[m3nth]

Another possible workaround to this is to add a blank bookmark vi (inside of a disable structure if you want) and then add that to your palette. Then you can place as many as you want and search for them as desired.