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Re: Labview: A Ballsorter
I typically "close" the function and controls panels and simply right-click (in any white space) to temporarily open them up and find the function/control that I'm looking for. I never leave those panels open but I've seen many LabVIEW programmers with different preferences and styles (all configurable via preferences).

It might make sense to leave a copy of the functions palette open when doing specific tasks (eg the LabVIEW for NXT toolkit since you spend a lot of time in that "directory" when programming for NXT).

I also disable automatic tool selection and use the TAB key to cycle between tools. Maybe newer LabVIEW programmers like to use auto tool selection? Whatever it takes...

When in doubt, right-click. There is a LOT of functionality that is exposed via right-clicking (in white space, on the edges of structures, on terminals, anywhere).

Russ
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