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Controls/Functions Palettes Options Page

Select Tools»Options to display the Options dialog box and select Controls/Functions Palettes from the top pull-down menu to display this page. You also can click the Options button on the Controls or Functions palette toolbar to display this page.

Use this page to select a palette view or change its format. Select Tools»Advanced»Edit Palette Views to create or edit palette views.

This page includes the following components:

  • Palette View—Indicates the current palette view for the Controls and Functions palettes. Express is the default palette view.
  • Format—Sets the appearance of the palette items within the selected palette view. You can choose to display:

    • Standard—Displays all palettes in the format of the individual palette, including the main palette.
    • Standard (Icons or Text)—Displays palette items as icons on the main palette and displays subpalettes in the format of the individual subpalette. If the format of the individual subpalette is Icons and Text, LabVIEW displays the items in that subpalette as icons.
    • All Icons—Displays palette items as icons.
    • All Text—Displays a text list of palette items. If you close the palette, you can right-click the front panel or block diagram to display a shortcut menu that contains all the palette items. Select Window»Show Controls Palette or Window»Show Functions Palette to display the palette again.
    • Icons and Text—Displays all palette items as icons with text labels below each icon.
  • Navigation Buttons—Sets which labels LabVIEW displays next to buttons on the palette toolbar. You can select from the following:

    • Label Selected Icons—Displays a text label next to the Search button on the palette toolbar.
    • Icon Only—Displays no text labels next to the buttons on the palette toolbar.
    • Label All Icons—Displays text labels next to all buttons on the palette toolbar.
  • Palette Loading—Sets how LabVIEW loads information about the palettes, which it uses to display and search the palettes.
    • Load palettes in background—Loads information about the palettes in the background when you are not using the mouse or keyboard, which improves the performance of LabVIEW when you search for objects on the palettes. Selecting this option might cause LabVIEW to appear slow or unresponsive immediately after you launch it, especially if you run LabVIEW on a network.
    • Load palettes when needed—Loads information about the palettes as you navigate the palettes. Selecting this option might cause LabVIEW to appear slow or unresponsive while you navigate the palettes or after you click the Search button on the palette toolbar.
    • Load palettes during launch—Loads information about the palettes when LabVIEW starts. Selecting this option prevents you from performing any action in LabVIEW after it starts until it loads all palette information.
  • Use Window Titles in Functions palettes—Displays VI window titles in the Functions palette instead of VI names.
  • Allow search in temporary palette—When you right-click the front panel or block diagram to display a temporary version of the Controls or Functions palette, a Search button on the temporary palette. Remove the checkmark from this checkbox to configure LabVIEW not to display the Search button on temporary palettes.

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