Displaying Views

You can customize the appearance of the LabVIEW SignalExpress environment by selecting views to display, specifying how LabVIEW SignalExpress displays the views, and arranging the views in the application window. Select a view from the View menu to display the view.

Floating, Hiding, and Closing Views

The method you use to float, hide, dock, or close a view depends on whether the view appears as a primary view or a supplementary view.

Note  With the exception of the Data View tab, closed views retain any information you enter prior to closing the view. For example, closing the Project View does not remove the steps in the project.

If a view appears as a tab in the primary view area, you can right-click the name of the tab to display a shortcut menu of display options. Select Float to make the tab a floating view or Close to close the tab. You also can click the X, or Close button, in the primary view to close a tab. After you make a tab a floating view, you can drag the view over the docking icons to dock the view.

If a view appears as a supplementary view with a title bar, you can click the down arrow on the title bar to display a drop-down menu of display options. The Float and Close options work in the same way for primary and supplementary views. Supplementary views also include an Auto Hide option, which you can use to hide the view when you move the cursor out of the view. You also can use the Auto Hide and X, or Close buttons on the title bar of a supplementary view to hide or close the view.

Dragging and Docking Views

You can drag a floating view or a view with a title bar over a docking icon to dock the view in a new location. The following illustration shows the docking icons that appear near the middle of the application window when you begin dragging a view.

Drag a view over a docking icon to see where the view appears if you drop the view. If you drag a view over the middle, tabbed icon, the view appears tabbed when you drop the view.

Resetting the Environment Layout

Select View»Reset Layout to reset the LabVIEW SignalExpress environment to the default layout.

Note  Resetting the layout closes any views that do not appear in the default layout. With the exception of the Data View tab, closed views retain any information you enter prior to resetting the layout.