labview_quickdrop

Ryan's Quick Drop and IDE Plugins for LabVIEW

After years of LabVIEW development, I got tired of doing the same thing over and over again. With the introduction of LabVIEW's Quick Drop Shortcuts, I started adding my own custom macros and IDE plugins to help expedite LabVIEW development and simplify style guide standardization.

Here are a small collection of plugins I use daily...

Installation

To install, download and run the VI Package (*.vip) using JKI's VI Package Manager (VIPM)
Note: VIPM is automatically installed with LabVIEW 2019+.

VI Package	LabVIEW	VIPM
ryans_quick_drop_shortcuts-0.5.0.27.vip	LV2019+	2019+

See releases to download other versions.

Getting Started

Ryan's Quick Drop Shortcuts installs 3 shortcuts:

And also installs a VI Properties view to Tools > Ryans Project Properties...

The Execute Script plugin (Ctrl-s) has a built in dialog to edit your own keyboard shortcuts. Open the help dialog:

Ctrl-Space + 'help' + Ctrl-S

Once installed, an example VI is also located at:
<LabVIEW>\examples\rcpacini\Ryans Quick Drop Shortcuts\Ryans Quick Drop Example.vit

Quick Drop - Plugins

Refer to the Quick Drop Plugin help for more information:

Shortcut	Quick Drop Plugins
`Ctrl-A`	Arrange Panel or Diagram
`Ctrl-E`	Resize Window
`Ctrl-S`	Execute Script

Quick Drop - Panel and Diagram Shortcuts

(Optional) Run the Panel and Diagram Shortcuts VI to replace the Quick Drop Panel & Diagram Shortcuts in the <LabVIEW>\LabVIEW.ini file.
Note: LabVIEW must be restarted to reload the Quick Drop Shortcuts.

Download VI Snippet (LV2019)

Tools Menu - Plugins

Refer to the Project Properties help for more information.

Tools Menu Plugins	Documentation
`Tools > Ryans Project Properties...`	Project Properties Explorer

Build Specifications

Source Code

To edit the source code, open the QuickDrop\RyansQuickDropShortcuts.lvproj project in LabVIEW 2019+, keep the VI_Tree.vi open to ensure all VI dependencies are loaded while editing. Save the project.

VI Package

To rebuild the VI Package, open the QuickDrop\RyansQuickDropShortcuts.vipb VI Package Build in VI Package Manager 2019+, edit the package details. Press Build to output the VI Package (*.vip) into the releases directory.

This package installs the Quick Drop Shortcuts to
<LabVIEW>\resource\dialog\QuickDrop\plugins:

Ryans Arrange.vi - Arrange Panel or Diagram (Ctrl-A)
Ryans Resize Window.vi - Resize Window (Ctrl-E)
Ryans Script.vi - Execute Script (Ctrl-S)
_Script\ - Support VIs

and IDE Plugins to <LabVIEW>\project:

Ryans Project Properties.vi - VI Properties Explorer (Tools > Ryans Project Properties...)
_Project Properties\ - Support VIs

Contribute

Submit a ticket for bug fixes or feature requests. Feedback is welcome!

-Ryan

rcpacini/labview_quickdrop