Quick drop and dropping from disk

[Norm Kirchner]

Just realized now that "Select VI..." and "Select Ctl..." are available from the quick drop list, bringing you directly to the open file dialog.

QD is really turning out to be one heck of a Swiss army knife.

Beans anyone?

[Darren]

QUOTE (Norm Kirchner @ Aug 26 2008, 10:30 AM)

Just realized now that "Select VI..." and "Select Ctl..." are available from the quick drop list, bringing you directly to the open file dialog.

QD is really turning out to be one heck of a Swiss army knife.

Beans anyone?

I have a shortcut ('sav') for Select a VI. So I Ctrl-Space, 'sav', click in the VI, and I have a file dialog to pick a VI from disk. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRA0bRtsuqA' rel='nofollow' target="_blank">Total beans.

-D

[jcarmody]

QUOTE (Darren @ Aug 26 2008, 03:58 PM)

I have a shortcut ('sav') for Select a VI. So I Ctrl-Space, 'sav', click in the VI, and I have a file dialog to pick a VI from disk. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRA0bRtsuqA' rel='nofollow' target="_blank">Total beans.

-D

How do you make shortcuts?

Jim

[Darren]

QUOTE (jcarmody @ Aug 27 2008, 05:08 AM)

How do you make shortcuts?

Click the Shortcuts button in the Quick Drop dialog.

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-D

[Jim Kring]

One great way to get your reusable VIs into the Quick Drop tool is to use VIPM to create a VI Package from and install them into the palettes.

[jcarmody]

QUOTE (Darren @ Aug 27 2008, 11:01 AM)

Click the Shortcuts button in the Quick Drop dialog.

-D

Thanks. I thought you were referring to a pre-8.6 trick. I'd have know if I had installed 8.6.

Jm

[Gabi1]

QUOTE (jcarmody @ Aug 27 2008, 06:33 PM)

Thanks. I thought you were referring to a pre-8.6 trick. I'd have know if I had installed 8.6.

Jm

Yen made his own version , that works back to 7.1

He shared it , but somehow i never got to install it.

Yen?

[PJM_labview]

QUOTE (Darren @ Aug 27 2008, 08:01 AM)

Click the Shortcuts button in the Quick Drop dialog.

http://lavag.org/old_files/monthly_08_2008/post-4441-1219849257.png' target="_blank">

-D

Daren,

I there a way for you to share these shortcuts (I am the lazy type...)?

PJM

[Yair]

QUOTE (Gabi1 @ Aug 27 2008, 08:56 PM)

Yen made his own version , that works back to 7.1

Actually, it's 7.0, and you can find it here. It works great, but the main problem is that unlike Darren, I can't scan the palette and need to hold the list of possible functions in separate files. What's in that thread is a version that I still use all the time, but I haven't worked on it in a long time, so it doesn't include code for creating the lists, so you will either need to create your own code, use the existing lists (which should cover most VIs) or add things manually.

It does, however, include shortcuts just like Quick Drop has. It doesn't have a convenient interface for opening the dialog, since I didn't really work on that. Basically, it only opens the shortcuts dialog if you give it a string it can't match (which is correct behavior, but isn't enough). Adding a button to open the shortcuts dialog should be very simple.

QUOTE (PJM_labview @ Aug 27 2008, 08:59 PM)

I there a way for you to share these shortcuts (I am the lazy type...)?

I'm pretty sure there's a KB article with the list on NI's site.

[Darren]

There's a text file containing shortcuts on the Quick Drop webpage. You can copy the two INI tokens in that text file into your LabVIEW.ini file and you'll be good to go. For convenience, I've attached the file here...actually, this is my latest list of shortcuts, so it may have a few more than the one on the webpage.

-D

P.S. - You'll notice that almost all of my shortcuts can be typed with the left hand only (I'm right handed). Thus, if I type a shortcut, and then click in the VI to dismiss Quick Drop and automatically drop the item, I never have to move my left hand from the keyboard, and I never have to move my right hand from the mouse. *This* is how I am able to program so fast with Quick Drop.

[Val Brown]

QUOTE (Darren @ Aug 27 2008, 11:37 AM)

<..>You'll notice that almost all of my shortcuts can be typed with the left hand only (I'm right handed). Thus, if I type a shortcut, and then click in the VI to dismiss Quick Drop and automatically drop the item, I never have to move my left hand from the keyboard, and I never have to move my right hand from the mouse. *This* is how I am able to program so fast with Quick Drop.

OK, now that sounds useful.