Creating and Editing a Palette View

Complete the following steps to create and edit a view of the top-level Controls or Functions palette.

  1. Click the Options button in the Controls or Functions palette toolbar to display the Function Browser Options dialog box.
  2. Click the Edit Palettes button. The Edit Controls and Functions Palettes dialog box appears.
  3. Select the custom view you want to edit or the built-in view on which you want to base a new view from the Palette View pull-down menu. The Controls and Functions palettes change to the view you selected.
  4. Select new setup from the Palette View pull-down menu to create a new view. The Palette View Name dialog box appears.
  5. Enter the name of the new view and click the OK button.
  6. Right-click the Controls or Functions palettes and select from the options on the shortcut menu.

    Right-click an open space on the palettes to insert a subVI, VI, row, or column and toggle the standard menu view. Right-click an icon to insert a subVI, VI, row, or column, and toggle the standard menu view, move a submenu, delete a submenu, copy an icon, edit a submenu icon, rename a submenu, and synchronize with a directory. Press the <Shift> key as you click an object and drag it to a new location on the palette.
  7. After you modify the view, click the Save Changes button in the Edit Controls and Functions Palettes dialog box. Click the Undo All Changes button to keep the new view, cancel any changes you made, and close this dialog box.

When you create a new view of a palette, LabVIEW copies the original built-in palette located in the labview\menus directory before you make any changes. The protection of the built-in palettes ensures that you can experiment with the palettes without corrupting the default view.

To delete the palette view, delete the folder in the menus folder.